Senior Associate

Overview

As a Senior Associate in Dentons’ UK People, Reward and Mobility team, you will handle complex employment matters for large clients, including cross-border projects and advisory work. You’ll collaborate with global teams to deliver multinational solutions, participate in business development, and contribute to thought leadership. The role blends HR advisory, transactions, investigations, and restructurings, offering opportunities to shape client outcomes and support firm growth. You join a high-performance culture that values inclusion, global reach, and career progression.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Inclusive culture
• Disability Confident employer
• Equal opportunities for all
• Support for adjustments during application process
• Direct applications encouraged

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain client relationships
• Contribute to business development and speak at client seminars
• Coach and mentor mid-level and junior team members
• Contribute to thought leadership and raise the firm’s external profile
• Work on a broad mix of matters including HR advisory, global projects, M&A, restructuring, investigations, and outsourcing
• Collaborate on large global projects with lawyers across the firm
• Support senior exits and complex employment-related transactions

Key requirements

• Extensive knowledge of employment law and advising large businesses on employment matters
• Transactional support experience
• Experience with international clients is ideal
• Ability to perform tasks autonomously
• Advanced drafting skills and legal research ability
• Good academic record

• Ambition to lead in the market and progress to Partnership
• Strong client service orientation
• Effective business development ability and market focus
• Advanced drafting skills
• Legal research ability
• Transactional support experience

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