Senior Associate at Fox Williams

The role

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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