Employment Lawyer

Requisition
34939
-Posted
- General Counsel Office

- Colt Legal
- House

Colt is the New Standard in high bandwidth network and voice services for enterprises and wholesale customers in Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs. With a global reach but a deep local presence, Colt is big enough to deliver and small enough to care.

Function:
General Counsel Office

Location:

London Area

Set up:
Hyrbid

We have a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious and talented employment lawyer to join our expanding Corporate law team, reporting to the Employment Law Director who has responsibility for employment law globally. This role is a key contact point for the wider global HR function and will support the business on a range of employment law matters, including providing advice on complex, cross-functional, and multi-jurisdictional transformation projects supporting Colt’s business and HR priorities;

manage legal and employee relations risk for the business; and support delivery against our strategic people priorities. We are interested in candidates who are available on a full-time basis. Ideally you will have trained in a leading City or regional law firm before gaining in house experience.

• Engaging with senior stakeholders including at the C-Suite level on employment law matters.
• Providing critical support and leading the employment law advice required on strategic projects both on a national and/or global level.
• Managing and advising on a wide range of strategic employment law risks and issues including, redundancy, performance, sickness absence, TUPE and compensation and benefits
• Drafting, advising on and negotiating, as required, a variety of agreements, including contracts of employment, settlement agreements and supporting general commercial outsourcing and supplier contracts involving employment matters.
• Advising on complex and routine legal cases involving employment matters including; compliances, internal investigations and disciplinary/grievance matters.
• Managing employment litigation with the support of external counsel
• Reviewing and advising on HR processes and policies, working closely with our local HR teams and Global ER and HR Policy Director.
• Partnering with members of our Legal team and other functional stakeholders as appropriate such as Rewards, Tax, Procurement, Finance and Audit
• Monitoring changes in employment legislation, regulations, guidelines and practices affecting Colt and ensuring they are analysed, evaluated and implemented as required.
• Support and adhering on engagement with European and national work councils.
• Engaging with our external legal advisors as required.
• Providing guidance and training for HR team members on employment law matters.
• Employment law experience on post-acquisition integration would be a plus.

• A lawyer with a strong academic background, legal knowledge and drafting skills, with ideally 8+ years of PQE.
• A professional legal qualification in the UK and some exposure to employment law internationally, ideally in Europe.
• Knowledge of employment law, data protection and TUPE matters.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong commercial capability and awareness with a focus on delivering solutions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and a varied workload.
• Someone with excellent people skills who can deliver difficult messages in a positive way and a team player.
• Ability to communicate clearly and succinctly.
• Willingness to be flexible to get the work done and ability to plan and manage time effectively.
• Working knowledge of additional European languages would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Legal Research

Relationship Management

Contract Law

A bachelor’s or master’s degree in law or a relevant field

In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are offered to staff. Colt recognises the importance of a work life balance.

Some benefit examples are:

• Flexible working and relaxed dress code
• Two days annually to spend on volunteering opportunities
• Access to a virtual business school for on-going learning
• Business mentoring

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We are committed to making Colt an inclusive and supportive workplace