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Employment Lawyer - Reference EMP26-A

Centrefield is recruiting for a junior/mid-level employment lawyer to join its growing employment practice.


The role includes:

  • Working in an exciting employment law practice in the market-leading firm in the football industry, with a client base covering the significant majority of Premier League football clubs, a large number of English Football League clubs and other key stakeholders in football, both domestically and internationally;
  • High-quality, varied and interesting employment work across the sports and media sectors, advising on contentious and non-contentious matters spanning the spectrum of employment law;
  • Football transfers and transactional documentation and associated regulatory work;
  • Drafting and negotiating service agreements for high-profile senior executives and employees within football and other sports, including managers, coaches, players and sporting directors;
  • Advising on employment issues across a number of sports, including the provision of support to other parts of the team including corporate, commercial, regulatory/litigation and immigration;
  • Advising federations, leagues, clubs, players, athletes, agents and other stakeholders in employment-related disputes before a variety of dispute resolution forums, including the Employment Tribunal and appellate tribunals and courts, Premier League’s Managers’ Arbitration Tribunal, Player-Related Dispute Commission proceedings and FA Rule K arbitration;
  • Opportunity to develop your skills through a rare opportunity to have day-to-day involvement at the highest level in a sought-after sector, with client-facing work and responsibilities; and
  • Helping to grow and shape the firm’s employment work with the existing team.


Specific Role Requirements:

  • 1 to 4 years’ PQE (although we will consider outstanding candidates outside this range);
  • Legally qualified to practise as a solicitor in England & Wales;
  • Office-based role with some hybrid working;
  • Varied experience within employment law;
  • Both contentious and non-contentious employment experience;
  • Employment Tribunal experience is desirable, but not essential; and
  • Experience advising on sports and media-related matters is desirable, but not essential.

Application process
Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter, setting out why you would be suitable for the role and with the application reference “EMP26-A”, by email to careers@centrefield.law or by post to Recruitment Partner, Centrefield LLP, 7 Constance Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4JQ.

Working with us

General Centrefield Requirements Applicable to All Roles

For all roles at Centrefield, we are looking for candidates who satisfy the following criteria:
  • Excellent academic record;
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills;
  • Foreign language skills desirable (but not required);
  • Entrepreneurial mindset in relation to business development;
  • Experience in working collaboratively with colleagues;
  • Ability to think and plan strategically and commercially;
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and to work flexibly, as some evening and weekend work may be required;
  • Excellent administrative and organisational skills;
  • Work with honesty, integrity and be culturally sensitive; and
  •  Eligible to work in the UK.

Benefits:
  • Competitive salary and benefits package;
  • Working with some of the highest-profile clients in world sport;
  • Rare opportunity to work within a highly desired sector, with a top-rated firm in Chambers and Legal 500;
  • Excellent opportunities for career development and growth;
  • Joining a friendly, sociable and supportive team; and
  • Flexible working opportunities.


Application process

Please send a copy of your CV and a cover letter, setting out why you would be suitable for the role and with the relevant application reference, by email to careers@centrefield.law or by post to Recruitment Partner, Centrefield LLP, 7 Constance Street, Knott Mill, Manchester M15 4JQ.

Centrefield is an Equal Opportunities organisation. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made in relation to the application process, please let us know in your cover letter and we will do our best to accommodate these.