Employment Lawyer, Helix at Dentons

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The role

Dentons is seeking a Senior Lawyer for its Helix team in Glasgow, United Kingdom. This role focuses on Employment and Litigation, requiring 6+ years of PQE, and is ideal for lawyers with employment tribunal experience looking for an innovative way to work with key clients.

What you'll do

Work as part of a team to deliver a first class service to our client
Undertake volume litigation predominantly consisting of unfair dismissal and discrimination claims
Take full ownership for some key requirements and transactions for this client
Provide direct responsibility for core and high profile aspects
Support more junior team members
Demonstrate best practice in effectively handling litigation
Maintain and developing client relationships

What we're looking for

Qualified solicitor

Good academic record, including a degree or equivalent

Experience working on general employment matters

Solid grounding in collective and individual redundancy processes

Solid grounding in unfair dismissal and all aspects of discrimination

Experience in a wide remit of work

Exposure to employment tribunals

Experience working with volume litigation

Ability to handle a high volume of matters and to tight deadlines

Technology awareness

Expert drafting skills

Clear communication skills

Committed to exemplary client service

Great problem solving and policy making skills

Good business awareness

Demonstrate initiative and influence

Sociable

Good interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

Organised, with the ability to prioritise and balance responsibilities

Methodical approach to work with a specific focus on accuracy

Experience supervising more junior lawyers, paralegals, trainees, or apprentices· nice to have

Benefits

Hybrid working

Flexibility of working hours

Opportunity to work as a true extension of the client's in house legal team

Benefit from all of the team training

Happy to Talk Flexible Working

Hiring contacts

recruitment.matters@dentons.com

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Employment Lawyer, Helix