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Baker McKenzie Italy

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Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Employment Lawyer with 4–6 years PQE to join our market leading Employment Practice in our newly established team in Belfast working primarily with our London team but also across the region and the globe. Our Employment team work with our clients on the full range of domestic and international employment issues. We work with a broad range of blue chip and global clients across a range of sectors, including financial services, TMT, pharmaceutical, transport, consumer and retail. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new team in Belfast working alongside and as an integral part of the London team handling high quality, varied and interesting work. This will include global projects and transactions, high profile domestic instructions, complex litigation, and strategic HR advisory work.

Job Responsibility:

  • Advising on diligence reviews and preparing diligence reports
  • Co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional disclosure schedules
  • Advising on global business carve outs in advance of sales and post-acquisition integrations
  • Advising on when TUPE applies and relevant consequences, for example, protection against dismissal, changing terms and conditions, the election of worker representatives and protective awards
  • Advising on TUPE information and consultation requirements
  • Drafting and negotiating relevant provisions in core transactional documentation and advising on other associated transactional matters as required
  • Advising on when a redundancy situation arises and requirements of individual and collective redundancy procedures
  • Advising on domestic issues such as pooling and the application of appropriate selection criteria
  • Being part of a team working on global or multi-jurisdictional projects, such as restructuring exercises, global policy or contract reviews, pay equity reviews and other compliance projects
  • Co-ordinating and reviewing global advice to prepare centralised advice to clients
  • Working on Employment Tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and equal pay claims
  • Managing and conducting disclosure exercises
  • Preparing ET3 forms, Grounds of Resistance and witness statements
  • Advising on and negotiating settlements
  • Advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants
  • Conducting fact finding investigations into employee allegations, including grievances and whistleblowing allegations
  • Advising on investigation procedures including scoping
  • Preparing data privacy notices
  • Advising on applicable search terms in response to data subject access requests
  • Reviewing and redacting documents as required

Requirements:

  • Qualified solicitor In Northern Ireland and/or England and Wales with excellent academics and demonstrable employment experience gained from a leading employment practice
  • Good commercial mind-set, a strong team player and have the ability to build excellent relationships with clients
  • Ability to work well in a team with others of various experience levels as well as individually
  • Sound commercial awareness and a "client first" service orientation
  • Ability to set high standards of performance and deliver desired results
  • A "self-starter" who is collaborative, pragmatic, commercial, and adaptable in their approach
  • Ability to balance work priorities and manage deadlines effectively
What we offer:
  • Comprehensive private health cover
  • Income protection
  • Life assurance
  • Full employee assistance plan

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 05, 2026

Work Type:
Hybrid work
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