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EMPLOYMENT BARRISTER, 2+ PQE, LONDON, £90,000 – £100,000 (DOE) – Join a top-tier Legal 500 law firm with a nationally recognised Employment team and an outstanding reputation for delivering high-quality advice to clients across the public and private sectors. Offering excellent career progression, high-calibre work, and the opportunity to play a key role within a growing advocacy team, this is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious Employment Barrister. JOB REF: 215304308
• Join a highly regarded Employment team undertaking advocacy across a broad range of employment litigation matters for an established and growing client base. You will represent clients in Employment Tribunal proceedings, handling cases across the full spectrum of contentious employment law issues.
• Take a leading role within the firm's internal advocacy function, delivering exceptional client service and strategic legal advice.
• Support and mentor junior members of the team, helping to develop advocacy skills and contribute to the continued success of the practice.
• Work closely with solicitors and clients across both the public and private sectors, providing commercially focused and practical solutions.
• Applications are welcomed from Barristers with a minimum of 2 years' relevant employment law experience and a strong track record of Employment Tribunal advocacy.
• You will possess outstanding advocacy, negotiation, and communication skills, together with excellent attention to detail and sound commercial awareness.
• The successful candidate will be able to work independently whilst thriving within a collaborative and high-performing team environment.
• Enjoy a highly competitive salary and benefits package, alongside a genuinely supportive, inclusive, and progressive working culture.
• Be part of a national Employment team and contribute to the firm's ambitious growth plans while developing your career within one of the legal sector's leading employers.
To apply contact Gemma Jones at eNL on or email with your CV or simply call for a confidential discussion.
eNL will never share your CV with a third party without your express permission. As part of our candidate care process, we aim to respond to all applications in 7 days. If you have not been contacted within this timescale, your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide.
At eNL we value diversity and inclusion. We want to attract people at all levels and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates whatever your ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any characteristics protected by law in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
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