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Technically excellent, innovative and client-focused on a global scale; that is how we describe our highly successful Labour & Employment (L&E) team. This is a very exciting time to join us! You will have the opportunity to collaborate with teams from our extensive international platform, working on exciting cross-jurisdictional matters, as well as giving more locally based advice. This really is a superb role to build your career by bringing an entrepreneurial energy to work on challenging matters with some of the most highly regarded and forward-thinking lawyers in the country.

Our Firm

Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.

More than 1,500 lawyers in 45 offices across 20 countries on five continents provide unrivalled access to expertise. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and London.

The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.

Our Team

We are one of the largest and most globally focused practices in the world. Our global L&E team has a truly extensive reach, acting for a range of employers from small start-ups to listed multinationals, across a broad spread of sectors and encompassing a wide spectrum of businesses, from professional services companies to financial institutions.

The team in London presents the opportunity to work with a variety of renowned partners on a broad spread of matters across sectors including Technology, Retail, Financial Services/FinTech, FMCG, Life Sciences, Media and Advertising, Aviation, Manufacturing, and Engineering.

Our Opportunity

This team has seen sustained revenue growth over the past 5 years, as a result of an increasing number of significant and complex mandates, combined with strong demand from clients in the UK and elsewhere. The team also continues to innovate as it extends into the tech space, having already developed a number of award-winning employment law tools and platforms. As a result, we recognise the need to continue to invest in talent and are keen to build and grow our existing Associate team.

As well as supporting our clients with the full range of contentious and non-contentious matters in the UK, you will be a valuable part of a global client team advising on large (often cross-jurisdictional) matters and will enjoy front line client exposure. From day one, you will advise on a wide range of projects, including drafting global policies and procedures, disciplinary and grievance issues, restructures and redundancies, TUPE and changes to terms and conditions. We pride ourselves on operating as a genuinely joined up team to deliver excellent service, regardless of the size and scope of each mandate; just one of the many things we believe differentiates us from our competition. We also invest in our team's development and do our best to ensure that they receive a rounded training and have access to a broad range of work opportunities.

You

You'll be a qualified solicitor under the laws of England and Wales (ideally with between 3 and 6 years' PQE). You will have a strong track record in employment law and should have excellent academic credentials. Whether you are already in the London market or seeking to make a first move to the capital, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Solid matter management is a must, as is ambition, self-motivation and both the desire and the ability to deliver high-quality work and act on your own initiative. You will thrive in a collaborative team environment, be intellectually curious and enjoy resolving challenging legal issues. You should expect lots of client contact, be willing to take responsibility for your own matters and look forward to a rewarding and challenging career path - all of which come with a role in this team at Squire Patton Boggs.

What you need to know

If you are interested in applying for the role, please complete an online application via our Careers Page on at www.squirepattonboggs.com /en/careers. We are not accepting agency CVs at this time.

We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.

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