Employment Lawyer

DLA Piper's EP&B group is a market leading global practice with a strong reputation for delivering solutions based advice and supporting clients in the day to day management of their people legal issues and risk. From local to international, our clients receive a specialist and dedicated service in respect of the employment legal issues affecting their organisation. Our worldwide team of 250 specialist lawyers is drawn from over 20 different national jurisdictions and are perfectly placed to support clients with multi-jurisdictional issues affecting business operations.
The EP&B's team full service offering includes: collective employment issues, HR policy and strategy, litigation and dispute resolution, restructuring and outsourcing, diversity and equal opportunity policy, executive issues, employment consultancy, health and safety, training, benefits and compensation and pensions. Our structured training and development programme ensures that all our lawyers are coached in the key skills of delivering commercial solutions based advice, negotiation, advocacy and representation. We also have one of the largest employment litigation practices in the UK and the team often undertakes its own employment tribunal representation, including appeals.
The Leeds team is now looking to recruit a motivated and ambitious generalist with a contentious and non-contentious background, with a minimum of two years' previous experience from a top City practice or strong regional firm. The successful candidate will assist on a wide range of employment matters and will be dealing with a varied client base. Candidates must demonstrate developed team-working and organisational skills, coupled with a strong interest in marketing and business development.