Employment Lawyer - pqe

Employment Lawyer – 4–6 years PQE

We are seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer with 4–6 years PQE to join our market leading Employment Practice in a newly established team in Belfast, working primarily with our London team and across the region and globe.

• Location:
  
  Belfast
• Workplace:
  Hybrid

Baker McKenzie is the world’s leading law firm with offices worldwide. Our Belfast Centre is home to over 400 colleagues in both legal and professional services. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including private health cover, income protection, life assurance, and an employee assistance plan. Baker McKenzie is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity.

As part of this role, the successful candidate will:

Transactions:

• Advising on diligence reviews and preparing diligence reports;
• Co‑ordinating multi‑jurisdictional disclosure schedules;
• Advising on global business carve‑outs in advance of sales and post‑acquisition integrations;
• Advising on when TUPE applies and relevant consequences…;
• Advising on TUPE information and consultation requirements;
• Drafting and negotiating relevant provisions in core transactional documentation and other associated matters as required.

Redundancy:

• Advising on when a redundancy situation arises and requirements of individual and collective redundancy procedures;
• Advising on domestic issues such as pooling and application of appropriate selection criteria.

Multi‑jurisdictional Projects:

• Being part of a team working on global or multi‑jurisdictional projects, such as restructuring exercises, global policy or contract reviews, pay equity reviews and other compliance projects;
• Co‑ordinating and reviewing global advice to prepare centralised advice to clients.

Litigation:

• Working on Employment Tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and equal pay claims;
• Managing and conducting disclosure exercises;
• Preparing ET3 forms, Grounds of Resistance and witness statements;
• Advising on and negotiating settlements;
• Advising on the enforce ability of restrictive covenants.

Investigations:

• Conducting fact‑finding investigations into employee allegations, including grievances and whistleblowing allegations;
• Advising on investigation procedures including scoping.

Data Subject Access Requests:

• Preparing data privacy notices;
• Advising on applicable search terms in response to data subject access requests;
• Reviewing and redacting documents as required.

Travel Requirements:
Some travel may be required.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Qualified solicitor in Northern Ireland and/or England and Wales with excellent academics and demonstrable employment experience from a leading employment practice;
• Good commercial mind‑set, a strong team player, able to build excellent relationships with clients;
• Ability to work well in a team with others of various experience levels as well as individually;
• Sound commercial awareness and a "client first" service orientation;
• Ability to set high standards of performance and deliver desired results;
• A "self‑starter" who is collaborative, pragmatic, commercial, and adaptable in their approach;
• Ability to balance work priorities and manage deadlines effectively.

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With a team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, we offer a globally collaborative community of 60 nationalities and a commitment to world‑class career development for everyone.