JERSEY - EMPLOYMENT LAWYER - SENIOR COUNSEL A rare opportunity to escape the UK This is a standout career opportunity for an ambitious senior employment lawyer to join an international law firm in beautiful St Helier. Our client is a major global offshore law firm with a Tier 1 Employment Practice in the Channel Islands. Its team advises clients – both individual and corporate - in sectors ranging from financial services, insurance and legal to media organisations and individuals on all aspects of the employment relationship, including exits, tribunal claims and procedure, contracts of employment, internal grievance and disciplinary matters, managing sickness absence, misconduct and capability issues, dismissals, discrimination, employment policies and procedures, redundancies and aspects of mergers, acquisitions and disposals. It is now actively seeking to hire a Counsel into the team, with the following profile: Qualified as a Lawyer in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland; Minimum 8 years’ experience in practising employment, contentious and non-contentious, at a major law firm in a financial centre such as St Helier, London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin, Bristol, or Manchester; Excellent inter-personal skills and a good team playing approach to life in the office. This is a chance to join one of the world’s most prestigious and well regarded global offshore law firms in this glorious Channel Islands location, and enjoy top quality work and a competitive rate of pay, whilst benefiting from a low tax regime. Outside of the office, a fantastic lifestyle awaits within a strong local community, surrounded by natural beauty. Newbold Search Newbold Search is a leading legal recruitment boutique that specialises in placing common law trained lawyers overseas into private practice and in-house. With longstanding global client relationships, Newbold Search operates in a wide range of legal markets including: Jersey and Guernsey The United Kingdom and Ireland Bermuda The Cayman Islands The BVI The Middle East Asia