Employment Senior Associate / Legal Director
Are you a highly skilled and engaging senior Employment Lawyer who is seeking a career-defining role in a firm where flexible, hybrid working, and high-quality work are simply par for the course?
If so, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Employment Lawyer, most likely working either at Senior Associate or Legal Director level, in our Birmingham office.
The opportunity
Your new role offers the best of both worlds - working within a small group of Birmingham-based experts whilst still forming part of a larger, national Employment practice of 33 fee earners. The Birmingham team is made up of 7 dedicated employment law fee earners, so you'll enjoy being able to make a big impact on the success story of the team.
Talking of success - our reputation is striking for a team of this size. We're ranked in both the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners (2026), a significant undertaking for such a team.
Your new role is both varied and interesting, with high quality work to get involved in - you'll enjoy the generalist areas of employment law from advisory work, employment contracts and TUPE through to defending complex employment tribunals.
In addition, you'll also work across a variety of interesting and buoyant sectors including Education and Charities. For many of these sectors such as Education, our work is national in source and cutting edge in its impact. With a particularly strong reputation in this area, here at VWV, you'll enjoy gaining expertise in a specialism that is continually busy.
About you
With your senior level of employment law expertise and commercial acumen, you'll have a proven background in supervising and motivating other lawyers, and you'll be adept at finding and engaging in networking opportunities to maintain and grow our business.
You'll have a real love of team endeavour and enjoy working collaboratively with your colleagues across the offices, helping to provide our clients with the seamless "one stop shop" service for which we are renowned.
About us
We're a Top 100, full-service UK law firm with 600+ employees. With 4 offices in Bristol, Birmingham, London and Watford, we have a close-knit, cohesive and friendly culture. We believe in integrity and authenticity, both in our interactions with each other as well as with our clients. With a strong reputation, not just for the quality and variety of our work, but also our people, we strive to hire individuals who are proactive and passionate about what they do.
We're also striving to be an inclusive employer, to create a workplace and environment that promotes and values diversity, where everyone, regardless of background, can reach their full potential. Please speak to our Talent Acquisition Advisor if you require any reasonable adjustments, so that we can ensure the best possible candidate experience for you.
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