# Senior Employment Counsel - Contract, Remote at Marsden in…

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# Senior Employment Counsel - Contract, Remote

Marsden 

** Ashton under Lyne, United Kingdom ** Full Time ** Legal Jobs ** United Kingdom ** New

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## Job Description

Leading international professional services firm is looking for an experienced Employment Counsel to join their in-house legal team on a 9-12 month mat cover contract starting ASAP. 

FTC or day rate. Flexible on location - London, one of their regional offices or remote. 

Reporting to the General Counsel you will have a broad role covering both non-contentious and contentious employment work for the firm including:

- UK employment tribunal claims and partnership-related litigation
- Providing commercially focused advice to management, the HR and senior stakeholders across the full employee lifecycle.
- Drafting a wide range of partnership and employment documentation, including employment contracts, settlement agreements, consultancy agreements, secondment agreements and deeds of retirement.
- Supporting on business-critical people projects, including TUPE transfers, restructures, reorganisations, redundancy programmes and outsourcing or insourcing arrangements.
- Identifying, and mitigating employment legal risk across UK and international matters.
- Instruction of external counsel

You will be 8+ years PQE as a guide either from a law firm or similar in-house role within a professional services environment. Depth of technical knowledge across both employment litigation and advisory is key. 

For more information:

Amanda Chard

Head of Interim Legal Search

Marsden

amanda.chard@marsdengroup.com

Posted August 13, 2026