Employment Associate

This is your chance to join a growing employment team, working in a varied role advising commercial clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment related queries. About the role You will work on a variety of employment law matters advising commercial clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment related queries. You will be involved in advising commercial clients in relation to: day-to-day employment queries, such as disciplinary and grievance matters, maternity/family leave issues and work time questions; senior executive issues, including negotiating appointments and exits; collective matters such as restructuring, redundancies, integration and TUPE; industrial relations and trade union matters; employment tribunal, civil court and appeal litigation, including some advocacy in the employment tribunal; due diligence, drafting warranties and indemnities in connection with corporate and real estate transactions, business transfers and outsourcing involving service provision changes. Our team also plays a central role in CMS as a global provider of employment legal advice and regularly advises clients on cross-jurisdictional matters. About you Given the type of work you will undertake we anticipate that you will need to have minimum 2-3 years' relevant PQE to meet the demands of the role, including some corporate support, TUPE and employment tribunal experience. You will have trained in a similar reputable private practice firm and have an excellent academic record. About us CMS is an international organisation with market leading businesses throughout Europe, The Middle East, Asia and beyond. Ranked as the world's 6th largest law firm by lawyer headcount and 6th largest in the UK by revenue, CMS works with clients in 39 countries from 70 office worldwide. On 1 May 2017, CMS, Nabarro and Olswang came together to create a new future-facing firm, one that is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence. We are driven by technology and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of delivering legal services. And we recruit, value and nurture top talent. Equal Opportunities CMS is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment, to not only adhere to current employment law, but to harness the full potential of our staff and ensure that all individuals are treated fairly and with respect. To meet this aim CMS endeavours to treat all staff and job applicants equally, on the basis of merit and the ability to do their job. Everybody will be treated equally regardless of race, colour, age, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital or civil partner status, ethnic or national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, and pregnancy or maternity status ("Protected Characteristics"). For further information about CMS' diversity initiatives and programmes, please click here to view the diversity pages on our website. If you are interested please apply online or contact Natalie Koenig or Nicky Clark for more information.