4 August 2026
Key requirements
5+ years PQE Strong knowledge and skills in employment law Experience acting for, or having meaningful exposure to matters involving, senior executives, partners, founders, C-suite individuals or other key stakeholders Experience advising on senior-level appointment and exit issues, including service agreements, settlement agreements, restrictive covenants, confidentiality, bonus/commission, equity or incentive arrangements and reputational considerations
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Fox Williams is seeking a Senior Associate for their Employment practice in London. This role is for an ambitious lawyer with 5+ years of PQE, focusing on advising senior executive clients, with some work for employers.
What you'll do
- Advise on sensitive exits
- Advise on negotiated settlements
- Advise on remuneration issues
- Advise on non-compete provisions
- Advise on governance queries
- Advise on regulatory concerns and related investigations and disciplinary processes
- Advise on grievances
- Draft and review employment contracts and remuneration packages
- Advise on disputes and tribunal and high court litigation
- Advise senior executives
- Advise some employers
- Engage in business development and marketing as part of a team working to a well-developed business plan
- Participate in the firm’s cross-department sector groups (financial services, professional services and tech/fintech)
What we're looking for
5+ years PQE
Strong knowledge and skills in employment law
Experience acting for, or having meaningful exposure to matters involving, senior executives, partners, founders, C-suite individuals or other key stakeholders
Experience advising on senior-level appointment and exit issues, including service agreements, settlement agreements, restrictive covenants, confidentiality, bonus/commission, equity or incentive arrangements and reputational considerations
Experience supporting senior executives through investigations (whether disciplinary, whistleblowing, grievance or regulatory in nature), and through any of the processes that may follow, including eg: disciplinary processes, grievance processes, remuneration reviews
Experience handling negotiations with employers and their advisers, and working collaboratively with specialists in tax, incentives, corporate, disputes, regulatory or partnership where a matter requires a joined-up approach
Experience advising on mixed employment and regulatory issues especially relating to the SMCR and in particular NFM
Experience working as part of a team on complex, high value tribunal and High Court litigation
Sound judgement, discretion and confidence when dealing with sensitive, time-critical or high-profile employment matters
Experience taking part in business development initiatives, ideally with a focus on the Senior Executive market
Experience balancing senior executive work with advising some employers
Experience of advising clients in the Financial Services and Professional Services sectors
Experience advising clients in plc and listed companies
Experience of advising Founders, and Founder/Owners
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