Legal, Employment Lawyer, Executive Director, Birmingham / London

OUR IMPACT

We work at the intersection of finance and law, providing counsel and advice that support activities across the firm.

As a division we are focused on our people and their development and are committed to creating an environment that is diverse and inclusive. We offer numerous training and career development opportunities including a weekly legal training programme, department mentoring schemes and a people development committee tasked with providing tangible tools to help manage and develop careers. The department also has a number of active and varied committees including the Diversity, Pro Bono, Charity and Social Committees and encourages participation in affinity networks.

The Employment Law Group (ELG) provides legal support to all divisions across the firm. ELG is responsible for all employment related litigation, regulatory matters, and international advisory work. Working closely with the Human Capital Management (HCM) Division, ELG provides advice and strategic input to the handling of employee relations matters as well as providing support and advice in relation to (amongst other things) internal investigations, legal and regulatory reform implementation, HR policy and strategic projects and transactions.

YOUR IMPACT

The team has an opening for a junior to mid-level UK-based employment lawyer. This is intended to be a broad role covering all key aspects of employment law including the following:

• Handling employment-related disputes in both the employment tribunal and other courts, including managing external counsel where appropriate and coordinating with appropriate internal teams including employee relations and compliance
• Day to day advice on all aspects of employment law across our EMEA offices such as conduct issues, employee complaints, restrictive covenants and other hiring matters, international relocations, contingent workers, employee related privacy matters and leaves of absence
• Review and monitor employment law developments in areas of coverage, including non-UK, and address potential impact on the firm’s HCM strategy and provide appropriate training and guidance to stakeholders
• Review and advise on staffing aspects of mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions working closely with external counsel
• Advising on internal investigations including those with a regulatory connection
• Advice on compensation and benefits matters including pay reporting obligations and relevant policy considerations
• Working as part of a team on various internal, and often global, projects such as those to uplift systems and controls or respond to regulatory developments
• Advising on the use of Artificial Intelligence and partnering with global teams on the firm’s approach to this [I think you should get AI in somehow for keen bean junior AI loving lawyers]
• Coordination with other relevant groups throughout the firm, including Legal, Compliance, Tax, Compensation and ensuring that Goldman Sachs standards are incorporated into the handling of all personnel matters
• Uphold the firm’s principles, business controls, ethics, policies and procedures and professional standards

Basic Qualifications

• Solid grounding in employment law advisory and litigation work gained in private practice, and/or in-house. Financial services experience is an advantage but it is not necessary.
• 2 to 5 PQE preferred
• Excellent organizational, project management and communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to build and maintain strong relationships with relevant business groups within the firm; ability to work with a team of diverse individuals; ability to work collaboratively and as part of a Legal team that is dispersed geographically
• Highly motivated and proactive; the ability to respond calmly, creatively and quickly in a fast-paced, high-pressure, changing environment
• Excellent judgment and ability to assess risks; ability to take firm positions to protect the firm's interests; keen business acumen
• Comfortable managing cases day to day, with appropriate supervision

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

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We Offer Best-In-Class Benefits Healthcare & Medical Insurance We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance. Holiday & Vacation Policies We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year. Financial Wellness & Retirement We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities. Health Services We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices. Fitness To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount). Child Care & Family Care We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available. Benefits at Goldman Sachs Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.

Opportunity Overview CORPORATE TITLEVice President OFFICE LOCATION(S)London JOB FUNCTIONEmployment Law DIVISIONLegal