Managing Associate - Employment

Managing Associate - Employment | Glasgow | £95,000+ DOE
PQE: 8+ Years

LHH Legal

An award-winning, internationally recognised law firm is seeking an experienced Managing Associate to join its highly respected Employment team.

This is an opportunity to become part of a market-leading practice that advises a diverse client base, ranging from innovative start-ups and fast-growth businesses to household-name brands, multinational organisations and senior executives. The team is known for delivering commercially focused advice on complex, high-profile employment matters across the UK and internationally.

With a collaborative and people-focused culture, the firm combines technical excellence with genuine investment in its people, creating an environment where talented lawyers can thrive and build long-term careers.

The Opportunity

The successful candidate will work as part of a specialist Employment team advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.

You will support partners and senior colleagues on complex matters while also managing your own caseload and developing direct client relationships. The role offers exposure to a broad range of work and the opportunity to supervise and mentor junior lawyers.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Advising employers on day-to-day employment law issues.
• Supporting clients through complex workplace matters, including disciplinary and grievance processes, discrimination issues, flexible working requests and workforce restructures.
• Defending Employment Tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and equal pay cases.
• Advising on high-value employment disputes and settlement negotiations.
• Supporting clients on transactional employment matters, including due diligence and TUPE issues arising from corporate transactions.
• Assisting with restrictive covenant, confidentiality and team move disputes.
• Advising on collective employment matters, including trade union and industrial relations issues.
• Delivering practical, commercially focused advice to UK and international clients.
• Supervising and developing junior lawyers, trainees and paralegals.
• Managing client relationships and contributing to the growth and success of the practice.

As a Managing Associate, you will also play an active role in business development, client engagement and the delivery of strategic projects and complex matters.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have:

• 8+ years' post-qualification experience in employment law.
• Experience gained within a recognised employment practice.
• Strong technical expertise across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
• Excellent analytical, drafting and problem-solving skills.
• Outstanding communication and relationship-management abilities.
• A commercial and pragmatic approach to client service.
• Experience supervising or mentoring junior lawyers.
• Enthusiasm for business development and building client relationships.
• A collaborative mindset and commitment to teamwork.

Candidates should be comfortable managing their own matters while also contributing to larger team-based projects and client initiatives.

The Team

The Employment team is one of the largest and most highly regarded specialist employment law practices in the market, advising clients on complex domestic and international employment issues.

Areas of expertise include:

• General employment advisory work.
• Employment Tribunal litigation.
• Executive and senior employee disputes.
• Restrictive covenants and confidentiality matters.
• Business restructures and workforce transformation projects.
• Trade union and collective employment issues.
• Employment aspects of corporate transactions.
• Workforce mobility and cross-border employment matters.
• Employee incentives and reward arrangements.
• Health and safety.
• International employment law coordination.

The team is recognised for its technical excellence, commercial approach and ability to deliver practical solutions to complex workplace challenges.

Culture and Working Environment

This firm believes that exceptional client service starts with exceptional people. It has built a culture that combines high performance with genuine support, collaboration and respect.

Employees are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work and are supported through:

• Flexible and agile working arrangements.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Mentoring and career progression pathways.
• A strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Opportunities to work on complex, market-leading matters with national and international clients.

Why Join?

This role offers:

• High-quality employment law work with leading clients.
• Exposure to complex and strategically significant matters.
• Genuine career progression opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive culture.
• International and cross-border work.
• The chance to take on leadership responsibilities and help shape the future growth of the team.

For an ambitious employment lawyer looking to take the next step in their career within a highly respected and forward-thinking firm, this represents an outstanding opportunity.