Employment Counsel

Job description

Role: Legal Counsel, Employment Law

Job Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK (Fully On-site)

The Role

As Legal Counsel – Employment Law, you will provide expert advice on a wide range of employment matters, from day-to-day HR issues to complex projects and transactions. This includes supporting competitive bids, outsourcing, acquisitions, and restructuring, as well as drafting and negotiating TUPE provisions. You will work closely with HR and business leaders, manage employment disputes and litigation, and advise on trade union and collective consultation matters. The role also involves implementing legal changes, updating policies, and delivering training to ensure compliance and best practice across the organization.

Your responsibilities:

• Full involvement in transactions and major projects including competitive bids, outsourcing transactions, sales and acquisitions, redundancy and restructuring, drafting and negotiating TUPE provisions.
• Working with a small team of dedicated and supportive employment law specialists.
• Advising and working closely with HR team and managers on business-as-usual employment issues (e.g. Disciplinary and grievance issues, capability, recruitment, exits, absence issues, pay and benefits).
• Supporting the management of the Tribunal and Employment litigation process (both in house and with external counsel) and dealing with employee disputes including trade union and employee representative issues and disputes.
• Implementing changes in employment law and advising on/updating HR policies and documents.
• Participating in delivery of training to the business and HR team on employment law issues.

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Awareness/experience of employment law in Ireland and other EMEA jurisdictions.
• Some experience of dealing with pensions issues (in relation to transactions).
• An interest in TUPE and some outsourcing experience, with a knowledge of offshoring issues.
• Working with a small team of dedicated and supportive employment law specialists.
• Advising and working closely with HR team and managers on business-as-usual employment issues (e.g. Disciplinary and grievance issues, capability, recruitment, exits, absence issues, pay and benefits).
• Supporting the management of the Tribunal and Employment litigation process (both in house and with external counsel) and dealing with employee disputes including trade union and employee representative issues and disputes.
• Implementing changes in employment law and advising on/updating HR policies and documents.
• Participating in delivery of training to the business and HR team on employment law issues.

For more details, please share your resume with me at sohrab.ali@techaxisinc.com.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Greater London

Type of Contract

Casual / Part Time Jobs

Published at

18-12-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English