We are Eversheds Sutherland, a global law firm, with more than 5,000 people across over 30 countries. We’re full-service with deep niche and sector experience. We’re ambitious for our clients, our communities – and for you. As a lawyer or Paralegal, you enjoy a variety of work: regional to international and across practice groups. Eversheds Sutherlands’ Employment Law team is one of the largest in the world. The quality of work we can offer is unparalleled. Our clients include many of the world’s largest and most sophisticated employers and the matters we advise on range from multi-jurisdictional projects to high value litigation in the Employment Tribunals and the High Court. Our team has an outstanding reputation for delivering quality advice, in the format our clients want, on time and on budget. We also work closely with various government departments and agencies and employers' groups to ensure, as new law is drafted, that it is fit for purpose and reflects the commercial needs of our clients.
You will be an integral client facing member of the Client Service Teams for key clients, providing support on chargeable multi-jurisdictional projects and client relationship management and controlling significant amounts of revenue firm wide.
You will build strong relationships with lawyers across our international network:
Support on international and UK based chargeable projects and advice;
Building, management, development and running of global employment helplines for key clients and liaising with international lawyers;
Coordination and facilitation of international client training both in-person and virtual;
Management of international billing processes for key client relationships, including development of client protocols, management of e-billing platforms and internal & external revenue management;
Providing training for new legal advisors and new countries on client protocols.
A law graduate, ideally with an LPC/LLM, ideally with work experience in a legal environment.
You will be a crucial part of the employment law team. You'll also have the ability to work closely alongside our international team and the lead partners but also more widely within a local and national team. At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.
we reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
we support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
we support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
we support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
we provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
we provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
we help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance
Diversity & Inclusion
We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.
Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements.