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Employment Solicitor

Employer
QED Legal
Location
Frimley
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
8 Dec 2020
Reference
BH-30473-2

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Practice area
Employment
Contract type
Permanent
Hours
Full time
PQE
2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years
Position
Solicitor
Sector
Private practice

Job Details

EMPLOYMENT SOLICITOR | 2-5 PQE | LEGAL 500 FIRM

A Legal 500 Firm are looking for an Employment Solicitor with 2-5 years'PQE to work in their busy Surrey practice. The Firm is well established, with an excellent reputation in the local area and have offices across the region. They have an excellent staff retention rate and people genuinely enjoy working here. They have traded well throughout the UK lockdown owing to their agility in the market and flexible working setup.

The Employment team handles a diverse range of work, both advisory and contentious. The majority of the work is carried out on behalf of corporate clients, but the team also act for individuals, so this is an ideal environment for a solicitor to gain experience in all aspects of Employment law. Contentious work includes discrimination, harassment, constructive and wrongful dismissal while the advisory work includes advice on employment contracts, TUPE and redundancy.

The ideal candidate will be an Employment Solicitor with 2-5 years' PQE, and have experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. You will have demonstrable experience of dealing with corporate clients and the ability to manage key client stakeholders. 

Salary is negotiable and you will be rewarded an excellent benefits package. The firm hold regular social events and host events in the local community.  There is a large emphasis on work life balance and people are rarely in the office after hours.  Hard work is rewarded here and people can climb the career ladder, so if you are looking for a role with great progression then please get in touch with Tom Cooke at QED Legal or click the link below!

Company

QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".

As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers

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