Overview
Job Title: Employment Solicitor / Associate (4–8+ PQE)
Location: Birmingham
About the Company:
A highly respected UK Top 50 law firm with a national footprint and a strong reputation for growth through strategic acquisitions. Since its inception, the firm has expanded from a single office into a multi-location business with significant turnover and a people-first ethos. Known for its low-ego, collaborative culture, the firm reinvests heavily into its offices, teams, and long-term development of its lawyers.
Role Summary
The firm is looking to strengthen its Employment team in Birmingham due to sustained growth and increasing client demand. This is an opportunity to join a well-established, high-quality employment practice advising major household-name clients on complex and sensitive matters. The role would suit an ambitious Employment lawyer who values collaboration, variety of work, and long-term progression in a non-hierarchical environment.
Responsibilities
* Advising employers on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, giving you varied and high-quality exposure
* Supporting clients on strategic advisory work including restructures, senior exits, and sensitive grievances
* Handling discrimination, whistleblowing, and equal pay matters, building depth across complex employment issues
* Working closely with colleagues across locations, benefiting from a genuinely collaborative national team
* Contributing to the growth of the Birmingham employment offering as the team continues to expand
Qualifications / Requirements
* Qualified Employment Solicitor at Associate level or above (mid-level PQE upwards)
* Strong experience advising employers rather than employee-led work
* Exposure to a wide range of employment matters across both contentious and advisory work
* A collaborative mindset with the ambition to grow alongside a scaling team
* Commercial, practical approach to client advice
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