Employment Managing Associate or Director - Manchester
About the Freeths Employment Team
Our Employment, Pensions and Immigration team comprises over 50 specialists across our firms 13 offices and is led by Rena Magdani who is ranked in Band 1 in Chambers & Partners and is recognised as a Leader in the Field by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
Leading the group in Manchester is Partner Laura Tracey who is a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 (2025 edition), and is also listed as Up and Coming in Chambers & Partners (2025 edition). Laura has extensive expertise advising on both domestic and international matters for corporate clients and senior individuals, offering corporate support work, particularly with regards to M&A transactions, disposals and private equity investments. Laura works with clients across a broad range of sectors including, retail and food and drink.
The wider team provide a specialist employment, immigration and pensions service to a range of clients from PLCs to SMEs.
We trust our people to work flexibly in the way that works best for them, their teams and our clients. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We’re widely recognised for our inclusive attitude and diversity, winning ‘Firm of the Year’ at the UK Diversity Legal Awards.
About the role
We are seeking a Managing Associate or Director level Employment lawyer to join our friendly and dynamic team based in Manchester. Depending on your seniority you will have a good following and/or referral network, with the ambition and skills to help lead and grow the team. The team continues to experience rapid growth, so the role would suit someone who is looking to get involved in business development and shaping the future strategy of the team.
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About Us
We’re 1000+ Freethinkers, striving to create a better place. We’re committed to living our values – smart, bold, together – and making a positive change at every touchpoint for our colleagues, clients and communities. We’ve built our law firm on solid foundations of integrity, entrepreneurialism and expertise. This has helped us grow into one of the largest full-service law firms in the UK, with 13 offices and over 1000 colleagues, and counting.
1. Think Ambition: Matching individual ambition and our firm’s ambition matters. That’s why we develop our people by making sure every one of our team feels connected through a clear progression pathway and leadership support. It’s helped us to grow an award-winning reputation in the eyes of our clients and competitors that each and every one of the Freeths team works hard to uphold in everything we do.
2. Think Recognition: Sharing success matters to us. We love to showcase excellent work across the firm and celebrate our people through our employee awards. We recognise our teams work hard together to deliver the best solutions for our clients. That’s why great work is well rewarded - our rewards and benefits are among the best in the business.
3. Think Together: Our people are at the heart of what makes Freeths such a great place to be. We’re a firm where people care about each other and employee wellbeing is high on the agenda. Our firm is set up to ensure everyone’s voice is heard, and mutual respect is shown by all. We understand that differences add strength, which means we maintain a diverse culture where everyone has the freedom to be themselves and thrive.
We're committed to championing diversity and building an inclusive culture. We want to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people, regardless of their background. We welcome applications from everybody, particularly those from marginalised backgrounds.
We celebrate difference, encourage diversity of thought and are dedicated to continually challenging our processes to maintain fairness, equity and transparency. If you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact recruitmentfreeths@freeths.co.uk and we will be happy to discuss.
Recruitment Agencies
We are committed to sourcing candidates directly where possible. For particular roles, we may work with preferred suppliers who will be invited by our resourcing team to support us. We may also agree to accept CVs from other suppliers on an ad hoc basis (to be agreed in writing). We will not be responsible for fees in relation to CVs or profiles submitted directly to our partners or other employees or for any applications not submitted via our portal. Agencies should contact our recruitment team before submitting unsolicited applications.
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