Company: Chadwick Nott
Location: Cardiff
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you join a top-tier employment team to handle a broad, mostly contentious practice with high-stakes disputes. You will work on High Court and tribunal matters, injunctions, and complex contractual issues, while supporting HR queries and cross-border projects. The position offers exposure to precedent-setting work within a collaborative, fast-paced environment with a global reach. You will help drive client engagements and contribute to the team’s reputation for excellence.
Responsibilities
- Handle contentious employment matters including high-value breach of contract claims, injunctions, and disputes over restrictive covenants and confidential information
- Advise on day-to-day HR queries, Employment Tribunal claims, and High Court litigation
- Support team moves, LLP arrangements, and complex contracts
- Contribute to transactional support, global mobility, and international employment projects
- Engage in business development and client relationship-building
- Work with specialists across employment law to deliver high-quality, precedents-setting work
Key requirements
- 1+ years’ PQE in employment law
- Strong drafting, analytical and communication skills
- Commercial, proactive mindset with attention to detail
- Interest in business development and client engagement
- Knowledge of financial services conduct/regulatory issues is a plus but not essential
- strong drafting
- analytical thinking
- clear communication
- commercial mindset
- employment law expertise
- experience with High Court disputes/arbitration (desirable)
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Posted: October 21st, 2026