Senior Legal Counsel – Employment

We are working with a leading international technology and professional services organisation to recruit an Employment Legal Counsel to join its established legal team in Dublin.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Irish employment lawyer to take on a broad, commercially focused in-house role within a complex, multinational business.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across Legal, HR, Employee Relations and wider business functions, you will advise on a diverse range of employment matters across Ireland and the UK, with exposure to wider EMEA projects.

The role offers a varied workload spanning employment law, industrial relations, litigation, organisational change, outsourcing transactions and commercial agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide practical, commercially focused employment law advice to HR, Employee Relations and business leaders across the full employment lifecycle.
• Advise on Irish employment law matters, including recruitment, contracts, policies, performance management, disciplinary and grievance procedures, discrimination, working time, leave and employee exits.
• Advise on TUPE and transfer of undertakings, including consultation obligations, due diligence, liability allocation and transition planning.
• Support restructurings, changes to terms and conditions, individual and collective redundancies and wider organisational change programmes.
• Manage employment disputes and litigation before the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court, including case strategy, risk assessment and engagement with external counsel.
• Advise on industrial relations, trade union engagement, collective consultation and employee representative matters.
• Provide employment law support on outsourcing, insourcing, competitive tenders, acquisitions, disposals and other business transformation projects.
• Draft, review and negotiate employment-related provisions in customer and supplier contracts, including TUPE provisions, warranties, indemnities and exit arrangements.
• Draft and review employment policies, procedures, settlement agreements and other legal documentation.
• Monitor developments in Irish employment law, update internal policies, deliver training and support cross-border employment projects.

Candidate Requirements

• Qualified solicitor or barrister entitled to practise in Ireland.
• Approximately 7–10 years' post-qualification experience in employment law, gained in private practice and/or in-house.
• Strong experience across contentious and non-contentious Irish employment law.
• Excellent knowledge of Irish employment legislation and procedures, including Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court processes.
• Demonstrable experience advising on TUPE, organisational change, industrial relations and collective consultation.
• Experience supporting outsourcing transactions and advising on employment provisions in commercial contracts.
• Strong commercial judgement, legal drafting and analytical skills, with the ability to provide clear, practical and solutions-focused advice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across a range of business functions.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, work independently and deliver to demanding deadlines.

Desirable:

• Experience within a large multinational organisation or advising international corporate clients.
• Exposure to employment-related pensions matters in a transactional context.
• Experience advising on wider EMEA employment matters.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established international organisation in a senior in-house legal position, working on complex employment matters and commercially significant business projects.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders, influence key business decisions and further develop your career within a global organisation.

Salary dependent on candidate experience. Benefits: Annual Bonus Scheme. Contributory Pension. Private Medical Insurance. Life Assurance & Long-Term Disability. Employee Assistance Programme. 22 days annual leave + 10 public holidays. Continuous Learning & Development. Access to extensive training & certification resources. Lunch & Learn sessions. Additional perks including company discounts, on-site parking, and bike-to-work scheme

Based in Dublin 4. Hybrid – 3 days a week on site. Candidates must be eligible to work in Ireland/EU.

Interested?

If you are an experienced Irish employment lawyer interested in exploring this opportunity, please get in touch for a confidential discussion and further details, David Coyle at 01 635 1748 or email david@methodius.com