Associate Employment Practice
Associate Employment Practice
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Job Description
Who are we
Linklaters is a leading global law firm which specializes in advising the worlds leading companies financial institutions and governments on their most challenging transactions and assignments. With offices in major business and financial centers we deliver an outstanding service to our clients anywhere in the world.
Linklaters Belgium is seeking an enthusiastic dynamic lawyer to support the Employment practice across a range of initiatives. This position represents a unique opportunity to work with talented engaged and motivated colleagues and clients in Belgium and abroad.
What do we offer
Our employment practice is involved in various highprofile interesting employment matters including recent and ongoing employment restructurings covered in the media. In view of the growing market opportunities we would like to strengthen our team.
We are looking for a motivated talent willing to take on responsibilities and play a major role in the growth of our employment practice.
You will be involved in all areas of both collective and individual employment law including assistance of clients in drafting and terminating employment contracts collective redundancies and all employment aspects of corporate restructurings. Work in these areas not only includes outsidecourt assistance but also covers litigation before the court. You will thus be entrusted with a mix of transactional advisory and litigation work in the employment field.
You will have firsthand contacts with both the legal and HR departments of our clients. Given the increasingly international character of our work there will be plenty of opportunity to work with colleagues and clients worldwide.
We firmly believe that the business a law firm operates in is a people business. That is the reason why we will provide you with stateoftheart training on a practice local and global level on legal technology and soft skills.
What do we expect
- We are looking for a bright confident lawyer with 1 to 5 years experience and a keen interest in financial economic and legal matters on a global scale.
- You have Dutch as your mother tongue and an excellent command of English and French..
- You have a firstclass Belgian law degree possibly combined with additional education abroad or a postgraduate degree in the field.
- You have a strong analytical sense excellent drafting and presentation skills (also in English) are commercially aware and solutionoriented.
- You are a team player and have the ability to operate throughout complexity and ambiguity staying focused on best outcomes and client satisfaction.
- You are pragmatic solutiondriven and creative enough to challenge what the future looks like (possibly combined with a focus on technology) based in a firm which is always striving to be consistently excellent admired and at the cutting edge of the global legal market.
Additional information
The firm operates as a meritocracy and therefore selection for recruitment is on merit irrespective of gender race or ethnicity age religion sex marital status sexual orientation gender identity or disability.
Technical Skills:
This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. As such the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
