Squire Patton Boggs hiring Labour & Employment Associate (2-5 PQE) - Leeds in Leeds, England, United Kingdom | LinkedIn (2024)

DescriptionAre you looking to be part of an innovative, technically excellent Employment practice? Interesting in working in a high-performing team with a globally-focused outlook? Then this could be the role for you. We're recruiting for an Associate, ideally 2-5 PQE, to join our highly regarded team in Leeds.

Our FirmSquire 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 to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.

With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. 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 TeamOur international 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 the north is renowned in the Legal 500 as a Tier 1 practice, and presents the opportunity to work with a variety of renowned partners on a broad spread of matters across sectors including Retail, Finance, FMCG, Media and Advertising, Manufacturing, and Engineering.

Our OpportunityThis 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.

This team has seen sustained revenue growth over past years, with increasing significant and complex mandates combined with strong demand from clients in the UK and elsewhere. The practice also continues to innovate as it extends into the tech space. As a result, we recognise the need to invest in talent and are keen to continue to build and grow our Associate team.

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 recognise the fundamental importance of excellent client service as it is what differentiates us from our competition.

YouYou'll be a qualified solicitor under the laws of England and Wales (ideally with between 2 and 5 years' PQE). You will demonstrate a strong interest in employment issues and should have excellent academic credentials.

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, and a rewarding and challenging career path - all of which come with a role in this team at Squire Patton Boggs.

What You Need To KnowIf you are interested in applying for the role, please complete an online application via our Careers Page at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers

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.