Bevan Brittan is a leading
commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing,
local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in
the construction, energy and resource management, higher education
and financial services sectors.
Supported by our valued business
services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams
provide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate,
property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial
and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.
As a responsible business, we
embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and
Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the
decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they
motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the
communities that we're part of.
Consistently recognised as one of
The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal
directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2023/24
financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for an
eleventh consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue
investing in our people.
Looking to the future, we're
targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the
best people to be part of it.
Join a team of experts and
progressive thinkers
The Team
Our Employment, Pensions and
Immigration team continues to be a market leader, going from
strength to strength across a range of sectors. Our year on year
growth means that we work with a fantastic portfolio of clients,
many of which are household names.
The team operates on a truly
national basis, providing our lawyers with the opportunity to work
with a variety of colleagues and clients. Acting mainly for
employers, our roster of clients includes national and
multi-national organisations, and we support them to improve their
employment practices and manage workforce issues, as well as
defending employment claims and seeking to mitigate risks for clients.
Bevan Brittan has strong
recognition in the independent legal directories - Chambers &
Partners and Legal 500. In both guides we are consistently ranked in
the top tier for our practices across the UK, with multiple
individuals recognised as leading lawyers.
The team has a down-to-earth and
human touch to their work. They always make us feel supported and
that our work matters to them -Legal 500, 2025
The Role
We are looking for an
Associate/Senior Associate (4+PQE) to join us in Birmingham, Bristol
or Leeds. We operate a very flexible hybrid working model.
As a member of the national
employment practice the primary focus of your role will be working
in the following sectors: commercial services, higher education,
financial services and housing. The team also has an outstanding
reputation in the health and care sectors, supporting and advising
the NHS, voluntary and independent health and care providers as well
as local/central government markets. There will be opportunities to
work in these areas too.
Bevan Brittan is proud of its full
service offering and embedded multi-disciplinary team approach to
supporting our clients. Building relationships, both externally with
our clients and across our internal teams, is key. The depth and
breadth of the markets in which we operate will provide the
opportunity and flexibility to work on novel and complex employment
law issues across both contentious and non-contentious matters.
With your skill and expertise, it
is envisaged that you would:
Manage your own caseload across
both contentious and non-contentious work areas
Work with and support a number
of our partner leads and colleagues across all four of our offices
Provide management and
supervisory support to junior colleagues
Support on training and client
relationship management
You would be supervising and
advising on employee relations matters including internal
disciplinary/grievance/capability processes, reviewing policies and
procedures and contracts, advising on equalities obligations,
conduct of and/or support on Employment Tribunals, advising on TUPE
processes including inputting into drafting of commercial agreements
as well as delivering training on a broad range of employment issues
and supporting business development.
With approximately 100 new
litigation instructions every year, our Employment team's litigation
experience is second to none. Whether in the Tribunal, the EAT, the
Court of Appeal or the High Court you will have the chance to be
involved in ground-breaking employment litigation.
What we are looking for from you
The successful candidate will be
involved in providing sound, commercial employment advice and would
have the following skill set/experience:
Supervision of junior colleagues
A broad range of contentious and
non-contentious employment experience, ideally gained across one
or more of our key markets, including financial services, general
commercial, higher education, housing and/or health and care
Case management of complex ET claims
Advising on employee relations
issues including settlement negotiations
Reviewing/drafting policies
Contractual and policy advice
Senior exits
Advising on
restructures/redundancy processes and TUPE issues
Undertaking transactional due
diligence, often as part of a wider corporate or commercial transaction
Some advocacy experience
desirable but not essential
Good client management skills
and an interest in business development
We offer a structured career
pathway to meet both your and our needs.
Work with approachable people
When we ask colleagues what makes
Bevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they say
is "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that we
make time for each other. We welcome questions and support each
other. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with our
values.
Supported to be your best
Hybrid working
We operate a hybrid working model based on the needs of our clients,
teams and people. Our core business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to
Friday, but we're open to our people working more flexibly around
those times and welcome a conversation with you if you have any
questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility to work your
week in a way that suits you.
Learning, Development & Progression
We're committed to supporting your professional and personal
development needs.This means that we offer a range of tailored
training courses and you will have lots of opportunity to learn from
those around you. We actively encourage progression and this is
reflected in our annual review and promotion processes. You will be
supported by your line manager to achieve your full potential.
Wellbeing
As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll have access to a variety of
services that support your wellbeing. We've pledged our commitment to
The Mindful Business Charter and lots of our people contribute to our
Wellbeing Responsible Business strand, which organises an annual
calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.
Benefits
A minimum of 25 days holiday
(plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
Discretionary bonus scheme
Generous pension scheme
Private medical insurance
through Vitality
Biennial private health
assessment through Nuffield Health
Life assurance
Access to Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to work scheme
Embracing our differences and
valuing inclusion
Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves at
Bevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promote
equality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll be
empowered and supported through our employee led networks, diverse
colleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.
Recognising the unique contributions that a diverse workforce can
bring to our business, we encourage applications from people of all
backgrounds. We take great pride in being a Disability Confident
Employer. If you need any adjustments throughout the recruitment
process or have any questions, please get in touch with our
recruitment team by emailing recruitment@bevanbrittan.com
Acting responsibly, now and for
the future
To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of
Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved in
shaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our Responsible
Business strategy: Community Engagement; Environmental
Sustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.
Our people deliver pro bono legal work for charities and
not-for-profit organisations. We play an active role in our local
communities and donated £100,000 across our four regional office
charities last year. We are also proudly carbon neutral. We've
achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditation and our
environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving our net zero
carbon target by 2040.
Collectively, the four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues'
wellbeing; offer an environment in which everyone can progress on
merit, give something back to the communities in which we work; and
protect the environment.
