This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy and successful
Employment team. We are friendly and approachable and we provide a
supportive environment to ensure that every team member achieves their
full potential. The firm offers many opportunities for our people to
develop their careers including our Global Associate Programme under
which Associates can spend a week working at another of our many
offices around the world.
We provide market-leading support to a wide variety of clients
including employers in the public sector, education, transport,
construction, manufacturing, food and drink, aviation, and the arts as
well as senior executives. We advise on all aspects of employment law
including: discrimination, whistleblowing, unfair dismissal,
redundancy, disciplinary and grievance issues, large scale
restructuring projects and TUPE. We have a stellar reputation for
providing commercial, pragmatic and accessible advice. Our team are
instructed in litigation in the Employment Tribunal and the civil
courts and have represented clients in some of the most high profile
and high value litigations in Scotland in recent years.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Associate to join
our Glasgow team (and be based in Glasgow, on a hybrid working model).
The successful candidate will manage a caseload of both contentious
and non-contentious matters, including Tribunal appearance work, and
will support business development activities.
Essential Skills & Experience
Strong technical abilities.
Ability to work autonomously with support from wider team when needed.
Ability to build strong client relationships and carry out
business development activities.
Ability to lead more junior team members on projects.
Ability to mentor and support other team members.
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the
sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely:
insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It
is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious
and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal
advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is
committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing
towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity
of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its
communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable
partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The
firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000
people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Our Values
Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite
us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for our clients and
our firm. We:
Work as one We are a globally connected team of
talented people who act with a firm-first mentality to achieve success
Excel with clients We aim high and challenge
ourselves to deliver unique excellence for our clients, keeping them
at the centre of everything we do
Celebrate difference We help each other to be at
our best and believe our differences result in greater achievement
Act boldly We seek new opportunities, take action
and learn as we go, recognising that curiosity drives our
development and contributes to growth
Benefits
At Clyde & Co we provide a number of additional benefits to our
employees which include but are not limited to:
Annual Wellbeing and fitness allowance
Reward Gateway
Transport loan
Generous pension scheme
Generous annual leave policy
Life insurance
Learning and development programmes
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This is the job description as constituted at present; however the
Firm reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with
the changing needs of the business.
