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.
This is a team that knows and understands the reality of the
sector which means their advice and management of matters is
effective, focused and strategic but human in its approach -Legal 500, 2023
The Role
We are looking for an Associate/Senior Associate (6+PQE) to join us,
who will be ideally well placed to be assigned to one of our regional
locations including 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 wider
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 may be opportunities to work in some of 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,
and housing
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.
