Legal Consultant (5+ PQE) – Employment

Join a leading global platform for self-directed consultant lawyers, offering access to high-quality work, clients, and resources. This is an opportunity to take on assignments of typically six months or more, either within a top-tier law firm's practice groups or directly with clients.

We are currently seeking lawyers with a minimum of five years' top-tier post-qualification experience in employment law. Recent opportunities have included:

• Interim Head of Legal for a financial services organisation, managing complex employment litigation, advising on policies and practices, people strategy, risk management, employment-related M&A, and regulatory compliance.
• Global Legal Director role for a digital banking organisation, advising leadership and the Board on employment, incentives, and pensions matters.
• Providing commercial advice within a global financial services organisation on employee relations, investigations, dispute resolution, restructuring, performance management, M&A projects, and regulatory changes.
• Generalist employment role supporting business advisory and litigation teams of a technology company, covering absences, performance management, reorganisations, and redundancies.
• Advising a media organisation on cross-border employment issues, including hiring, disciplinary actions, reorganisations, and global HR projects.
• Assisting a key client's global HR project within a leading employment practice.

Successful applicants will have a minimum of four years' post-qualification experience at a top-tier employment law firm, preferably with in-house experience at a leading financial services institution or corporate (directly or as a secondee). You should be comfortable with the consultant model, take ownership of your career, and be committed to building a positive relationship with the platform. Strong communication, project management, and commercial acumen are essential, along with a practising certificate (or equivalent) entitling you to practise in the UK.

Please note: due to the nature of the consultant relationship, we are not able to sponsor visas. Applicants must have the right to reside and work in the UK. Due to high application volumes, individual feedback is not provided at the application stage.

This platform offers unmatched support, including access to training, development, networking events, and knowledge resources. As a consultant, you'll enjoy variety and control over your career, flexibility to balance personal and professional priorities, and support to futureproof your career through coaching and mentoring.

• Minimum of five years' top-tier post-qualification experience in employment law (four years' PQE at a top-tier employment law firm).
• Preferably in-house legal experience at a leading financial services institution or corporate (directly or as a secondee).
• Desire to take ownership of your career and be responsible for your own professional development and network.
• Comfortable with the personal and financial factors of a legal consultant career, and how it differs from permanent employment.
• Committed to building a positive and productive relationship with the platform, with transparent, open, and responsive communication.
• Consultant mindset, including a highly professional, flexible, and adaptable outlook.
• Ability to transition effectively into new environments and deliver excellent service to each client.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, building strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Resilient, autonomous, and highly credible, with exemplary commercial acumen and client service ethic.
• Proven project management skills.
• Practising certificate (or equivalent) entitling you to practise as a lawyer in the UK.
• Right to reside and work in the UK (visa sponsorship not available).