Description
Linklaters' employment and incentives practice is expanding and looking for a motivated new graduate or experienced trainee to join its Milan-based team as a Junior Associate in the Employment team.
The team advises international and Italian clients on all aspects of employment, pension, and labour law, with a focus on top managers' employment contracts and terminations, retention arrangements, remuneration structures, works councils and unions' relations, collective redundancy procedures, as well as any transaction-related employment law. The team also deals with contentious work, especially high-value executives and managing directors' termination cases.
The ideal candidate should have a passion and desire to learn, be enterprising, flexible, available, accurate, and able to work in a team. The successful candidate is required to have graduated from an Italian University with high grades and a proficiency level in English.
Key Requirements:
- Excellent academic credentials from an Italian University
- Proficiency level in English
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills
- Knowledge of MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
- Attitude to use and develop legal tech tools and innovation mindset
- Previous Intern experiences in a law firm would be a plus
Main Activities:
- Legal research
- Drafting and reviewing documents
- Managing processes and communications flow
- Exposure to clients, advisors, and counterparties
- Fast growth path and constant increase of skills and responsibilities
What We Offer:
- Ongoing departmental support on legal training, in preparation for the Bar exam
- Continuous learning opportunities throughout a global academy committed to maximising your potential
- Workshops on business and soft skills to broaden and deepen your professional competencies
- Legal technology tools to provide excellence and efficiency
- Innovative online due diligence platform and matter management support
- Possibility to work remotely to embrace work-life balance
- Comprehensive insurance package: travel, professional, accident, and health coverage
- Tax advice on annual revenue and Bar fees reimbursement