Employment law Associate NEW

Our client, a leading international law firm, is looking for an Associate to join its Employment team in Frankfurt.

The role:

Associates are involved in demanding client work from day one and are given responsibility early, both within the team and across the wider practice group. The work has a strong international focus and includes:

• Employment aspects of German and international transactions, working closely with the M&A and Private Equity teams on due diligence, structuring, documentation and implementation
• Restructurings involving workforce measures, particularly in a transactional context
• Advising well-known German and international companies on employment matters, including compensation structures, negotiations and agreements with works councils, individual and collective agreements, and compliance
• Representing clients in employment disputes before German labour and civil courts at all levels, in particular conciliation and chamber hearings in unfair dismissal proceedings.

The profile:

• Initial relevant experience in employment law
• Excellent legal qualifications
• An interest in international business and complex legal questions
• Very good English
• A strong team spirit and commercial mindset.

What’s on offer:

• An international working environment
• An attractive salary, benefits and wellbeing support
• Personal mentoring and early responsibility
• Personal, professional and international development opportunities
• A supportive, close-knit team.

For a confidential chat about this or other roles we are handling, please contact Sufjan Nadeem.

Please note that where a level of preferred experience or qualification is indicated, this is a guideline only and does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

Our consultants will review your application and assess your suitability. We endeavour to respond to all applications within 72 hours, however due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually and would advise that if you do not hear from us you should assume you are not successful in your application.

Jameson Legal acts as an employment business for temporary recruitment and as an employment agency for fixed term contract and permanent recruitment.