Employment Lawyer

• Seniority: 5+ years post-qualification experience
• Department: Company and Commercial
• Office: Hertford/Hybrid

Are you looking to advance your legal career whilst enjoying a healthy work-life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as invested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in - and where the only ceiling is your ambition?

Then Attwaters Solicitors is the firm for you. Come and find out what made us one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work in both 2024 and 2025, and why 96% of our staff are proud to work for us.

With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Solicitors is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the ‘go to’ private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.

In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we’re looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.

We also know that our people have a right to expect excellence from us. That’s why we are dedicated to creating a positive and supportive work environment where your wellbeing and job satisfaction really matter.

We offer structured, documented career paths with opportunities for supported and mentored professional development and progression that ensure you thrive and reach your full potential. But that’s not all:
Attwaters Solicitors is also passionate about giving back to local communities and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

We are looking for an experienced Solicitor or CILEX/FILEX with 5+ years’ post-qualification experience to join our growing Company and Commercial team. You will have strong experience of acting for employers on a wide range of matters and will be required to develop a mixed caseload of transactional, non-contentious and contentious employment work whilst working with colleagues from across our teams and office locations.

Providing strategic and clear advice, you will have exceptional client care skills, helping us to deliver every time against our Service Pledge. You must have strong technical legal knowledge in employment law, delivering profitable work in an effective manner. You will be a leader with a keen desire to develop and grow the employment law offering of our firm, demonstrating strong business development and marketing skills and a proven track record of developing and growing client relationships.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing comprehensive HR advice and support to employer clients;
• Drafting service agreements, contracts of employment, staff handbooks and relevant policies;
• Working with clients on disciplinary procedures and internal investigations;
• Advising employer clients on employee terminations, redundancies and restructuring, preparing settlement agreements and a good working knowledge of the tax implications;
• Transactional corporate support work;
• Advising on TUPE matters in transactional work and assisting the corporate team in due diligence and related employment work;
• Advising on boardroom disputes;
• Providing client representation in employment tribunal and court in respect of a broad range of claims including (but not limited to) unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and discrimination claims;
• Delivering training, seminars and legal updates, as well as regularly contributing to the firm’s social media output as part of a tailored business development plan;

(this list is not exhaustive and is intended to give an indication of the types of responsibilities that you will have in this this role).

• You’re dedicated to providing excellent client service in line with our Service Pledge .
• You’re somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
• You’re interested in promoting the firm’s good name both internally and externally.
• You’re a team player who will always go the extra mile.
• You have a…