Employment Associate

There's no more exciting time to be thinking about joining Womble Bond Dickinson than now. We've made no secret of the fact that we're ambitious and our move to become a transatlantic firm is just further evidence of that. For our people this makes for a really exciting future, one in which everyone has a role to play in furthering our ambitions whilst enjoying challenging and fulfilling careers. Our national, Chambers-rated employment team has a strong and well-deserved reputation for delivering the highest quality legal advice and outstanding client service to a range of national and international companies. Our 25 strong national team, provide a broad range of both contentious and non-contentious advisory support and representation to our impressive FTSE 250 client base. We're now looking to strengthen the team with a particular focus non City specific complex high value work in London. Led by Michelle Chance, who has been ranked for many years in both Chambers & Partners & the Legal 500 for both her employment and her contentious partnership disputes practice, the team act mainly for employers and senior executives, LLP's and partnerships & individual partners & LLP members on complex high value City employment and partnership matters, where the financial and reputational stakes are high, across a variety of sectors including financial services, media, technology and professional services. The work is varied involving contentious and non-contentious advisory matters with very little corporate support work and is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience working at Board level, advising on bonus disputes, complex discrimination cases, sensitive whistleblowing matters, internal investigations involving disciplinary and grievance issues, restrictive covenants, and negotiating contracts and exit terms for senior executives and partners/LLP members. We also act for a number of US companies particularly in the fintech and media sectors establishing a UK presence and with our recent U.S combination, this work is growing. So what are we looking for? Ideally you'll have at least a couple of years' experience in delivering employment advice to commercial clients and some senior executive clients too, gained within a City firm in London. In addition to relevant technical skills and experience, drafting ability and attention to detail, also important are a sense of commercial pragmatism, being a team player whilst also being pro-active in using your initiative and driving matters forward, the ability to build lasting relationships with our clients and excellent communication and inter-personal skills. You'll be part of a small team looking to grow, so that means plenty of opportunities to development your business development skills; an important aspect for all of our lawyers. You'll have opportunities to contribute to the growth of the team by assisting with the organisation of and attending client events, writing articles for our website and other publications and other marketing activities. What's in it for you? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a talented and supportive team where you can learn from true leaders in their field and build your experience with access to great quality work and great clients. Supported by a collegiate approach, and firm wide commitment to lawyer development, there are fewer better places to start your career as a qualified lawyer or continue your career as a lawyer. And that's not all, alongside a competitive salary you'll receive a flexible benefits package so you can pick and choose between the benefits that matter most to you. We also recognise that the world of work is changing and increasingly, flexibility is important. With that in mind, we'd also be very keen to hear from you if you are looking for a more flexible working arrangement. If you think this is for you, why not get in touch to find out more; my name is Samantha Lee and you can reach me on or connect with me on LinkedIn. For recruitment news, updates and job alerts follow us on and NO AGENCIES PLEASE