Leeds, United Kingdom, Manchester, United Kingdom, Newcastle, United Kingdom

EPI Leeds, London, Manchester & Birmingham

Dependant on experience

Permanent

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About your new role

Our market leading Employment, Pensions and Immigration team is seeking an experienced employment lawyer. We advise clients across the UK including some of the UK's largest and best known employers. We believe that the quality of our clients and strength of our relationships with them speaks volumes about the quality of the service we provide.

The candidate will be based at either our Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle offices but working as part of our national Employment, Pensions and Immigration team and subject to our hybrid working policy. Our teams are highly ranked in the Legal Directories and have ambitions to grow further.

As a lawyer in our Employment, Pensions and Immigration team, this is a great opportunity to play an integral role in growing our business, working alongside Partners to drive the practice forward, with scope for career development. You will manage a mixed caseload of employment work, working on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters (including corporate support) and will be responsible for:

Advising clients on the full range of employment law issues, including redundancy, disciplinary matters, grievances, whistleblowing, discrimination and detriment claims
Defending Employment Tribunal claims including drafting defences, bundles, witness statements and merits reports
Working alongside our corporate teams on advice relating to TUPE and any employment related support required on corporate transactions
Drafting and advising on service agreements for senior executives and any related documentation
Advising in relation to change projects, changing terms and conditions and consultation requirements
Industrial relations advice
Assisting other members of the team with their caseloads as appropriate
Drafting articles and legal updates
Assisting with business development initiatives including training and networking
Working in accordance with client and internal SLAs
Working in accordance with Weightmans’ values and procedures
Contributing to set team financial and utilisation targets

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of the role.

About You

You will have previous experience and a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work.

We also require you to have/be:

4- 5 + year PQE (although we will consider all candidates who have relevant experience)
Strong technical knowledge
Previous experience of managing your own caseload, preferably with some experience of corporate support work (although this is not essential and training can be provided)
Attention to detail
Ability to multi-task, work to strict deadlines and targets
Excellent team work skills
Excellent communication, time management and organisational skills
Flexible approach
Ideally previous experience of mentoring / supervising junior fee-earners

If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn, then we look forward to receiving your application.

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are encouraged to reach out directly. For inquiries or more details, feel free to contact us. Our recruitment team members are here to assist.

Why work for us

Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 18th consecutive year at Britain’s Top Employers awards 2025, and ranking 5th in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK.

Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms.

Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer | Weightmans

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