Employment Partner | Manchester City Centre | Shape the Growth of a Thriving City Office
Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience and the size of your client following.
Are you an experienced Employment Partner or ambitious senior employment lawyer ready to play a pivotal role in the growth of a leading regional law firm's Manchester office?
This is a rare opportunity to join a highly established, multi-office law firm with an outstanding reputation, as it enters an exciting phase of expansion in Manchester. Having successfully built thriving offices across its other locations, the firm is now investing significantly in replicating that success in the Manchester market, offering the perfect platform for an entrepreneurial Employment Partner to make a real impact.
The Opportunity
You'll join at a key stage in the firm's growth journey, helping to shape and develop the Manchester Employment team while benefiting from the backing, infrastructure and reputation of an established and profitable practice.
Whether your expertise lies in respondent work, claimant matters or a mix of both, you'll advise an impressive client base on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues, working alongside highly regarded lawyers across the wider business.
This is more than just another Partner role, it's an opportunity to influence strategy, build a team and become a key figure in the continued success of the Manchester office.
Why Join?
- Join a well-established, financially strong law firm with an excellent reputation.
- Play a leading role in growing the Manchester office, backed by the success of the firm's established regional locations.
- Work within a collaborative, supportive and commercially focused partnership.
- Genuine autonomy to develop your practice and shape the future direction of the Employment team.
- Excellent cross-referral opportunities from successful Corporate, Commercial, Real Estate and Private Client teams.
- Clear long-term investment and commitment to the Manchester market.
About You
You'll be an experienced Employment Solicitor, Legal Director or Partner with:
- Significant experience advising employers and/or senior executives.
- A strong reputation in the Manchester legal market.
- The ability to develop and maintain long-term client relationships.
- Commercial awareness and a collaborative approach to business development.
- A client following, or a clear business case for building one, would be advantageous.
Salary & Benefits
The salary will be highly competitive and tailored to your experience, level of seniority and the size of your client following, alongside an attractive benefits package and genuine long-term career prospects.
If you're considering a move and would like to explore an opportunity where you can genuinely influence the future of a growing Manchester office, we'd love to have a confidential conversation.