About this role
Moore SGD Law is a dynamic law firm offering a full range of legal services, uniquely positioned to help SMEs and other owner-managed businesses, families and individuals realise their ambitions. Our Employment Law team supports employers, senior executives and business owners with the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. We provide clear, pragmatic legal advice that helps clients manage workforce challenges, protect value and make commercially sound decisions in often sensitive situations. As part of the wider Moore Kingston Smith Group, we work closely with colleagues across HR consultancy, tax, corporate finance, outsourcing and wider advisory services to deliver integrated solutions for clients. This collaborative approach creates opportunities to deliver joined-up support where employment law intersects with transactions, incentives, restructuring, governance, investigations and business change. We are now looking for an experienced Partner to lead and develop our Employment Law offering. This is a significant opportunity to shape the strategic direction and growth of the practice, bring your own ideas, relationships and market profile, and strengthen the firm's employment proposition across Moore SGD Law and the wider MKS group and our Moore Global international network. In addition to setting the strategic direction, you will play a hands-on leadership role - managing key client relationships, driving business development and cross-referral opportunities, supervising and developing lawyers, ensuring high standards of technical quality and risk management and representing the team across the firm and in the market. The successful candidate will also contribute to the ongoing development of the firm's Employment Law offering, including service innovation, legal technology and AI-enabled solutions, helping to enhance client service, operational efficiency and the overall client experience. Lead and develop the Employment Law practice, including shaping the service proposition, growth strategy, profitability, market positioning and delivery of the firm's wider Employer Services offering; Advise employers, owner-managed businesses, senior executives and business owners on strategic, contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, acting as a trusted adviser on legal, commercial and people-related issues; Support colleagues across the Group on employment aspects of corporate transactions and related due diligence, restructurings, employee incentive arrangements, employee ownership structures, senior exits, TUPE and wider workforce- risk; Lead on sensitive workplace matters, including investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes, whistleblowing concerns, redundancies, negotiated exits, settlement agreements and Employment Tribunal litigation; Develop and maintain a strong internal relationships across, HR Consultancy, Corporate, Employment Tax, Outsourcing and Advisory teams as part of the firm's holistic offering to clients; Lead, mentor and develop junior lawyers and other team members through supervision, coaching, technical training, workflow management and support for career progression; Maintain high standards of risk management, supervision and quality assurance, including compliance with the firm's four-eyes review procedures and professional obligations where relevant; Take responsibility for the financial performance of matters and the wider practice, including fee proposals, budgeting, billing, recovery, aged WIP, credit control and achievement of agreed financial targets; Lead business development and thought leadership initiatives, including client relationship management, preparing articles and commentary, speaking at seminars and webinars, contributing to digital content, and raising the profile of the firm and Employment team within the market and wider Moore network; and Drive innovation within the Employment practice, including the adoption of legal technology, AI-enabled service delivery and operational improvements that enhance client experience and team efficiency.