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Legal, Employment Lawyer, Executive Director, Birmingham LondonGoldman Sachs • Birmingham, England, UK
Legal, Employment Lawyer, Executive Director, Birmingham London

Legal, Employment Lawyer, Executive Director, Birmingham London

Goldman Sachs • Birmingham, England, UK
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
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OUR IMPACT

We work at the intersection of finance and law providing counsel and advice that support activities across the firm.

As a division we are focused on our people and their development and are committed to creating an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We offer numerous training and career development opportunities including a weekly legal training programme department mentoring schemes and a people development committee tasked with providing tangible tools to help manage and develop careers. The department also has a number of active and varied committees including the Diversity Pro Bono Charity and Social Committees and encourages participation in affinity networks.

The Employment Law Group (ELG) provides legal support to all divisions across the firm. ELG is responsible for all employment related litigation regulatory matters and international advisory work. Working closely with the Human Capital Management (HCM) Division ELG provides advice and strategic input to the handling of employee relations matters as well as providing support and advice in relation to (amongstother things) internal investigations legal and regulatory reform implementation HR policy and strategic projects and transactions.

YOUR IMPACT

The team has an opening for a junior to mid-level UK-based employment lawyer in either Birmingham or London. This is intended to be a broad role covering all key aspects of employment law including the following:

  • Handling employment-related disputes in both the employment tribunal and other courts including managing external counsel where appropriate and coordinating with appropriate internal teams including employee relations and compliance
  • Day to day advice on all aspects of employment law across our EMEA offices such as conduct issues employee complaints restrictive covenants and other hiring matters international relocations contingent workers employee related privacy matters and leaves of absence
  • Review and monitor employment law developments in areas of coverage including non-UK and address potential impact on the firms HCM strategy and provide appropriate training and guidance to stakeholders
  • Review and advise on staffing aspects of mergers acquisitions and other corporate transactions working closely with external counsel
  • Advising on internal investigations including those with a regulatory connection
  • Advice on compensation and benefits matters including pay reporting obligations and relevant policy considerations
  • Working as part of a team on various internal and often global projects such as those to uplift systems and controls or respond to regulatory developments
  • Advising on the use of Artificial Intelligence and partnering with global teams on the firms approach to this
  • Coordination with other relevant groups throughout the firm including Legal Compliance Tax Compensation and ensuring that Goldman Sachs standards are incorporated into the handling of all personnel matters
  • Uphold the firms principles business controls ethics policies and procedures and professional standards

Basic Qualifications

  • Solid grounding in employment law advisory and litigation work gained in private practice and/or in-house. Financial services experience is an advantage but it is notnecessary.
  • 2 to 5 PQE preferred
  • Excellent organizational project management and communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to build and maintain strong relationships with relevant business groups within the firm; ability to work with a team of diverse individuals; ability to work collaboratively and as part of a Legal team that is dispersed geographically
  • Highly motivated and proactive; the ability to respond calmly creatively and quickly in a fast-paced high-pressure changing environment
  • Excellent judgment and ability to assess risks; ability to take firm positions to protect the firms interests; keen business acumen
  • Comfortable managing cases day to day with appropriate supervision
ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS
At Goldman Sachs we commit our people capital and ideas to help our clients shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869 we are a leading global investment banking securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York we maintain offices around the world.
We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. Were committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture benefits and people at
Were committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with special needs or disabilities during our recruiting process. Learn more: The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 2023. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex national origin age veterans status disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.




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