Linklaters | Junior Associate Employment department

Linklaters employment and incentives practice is expanding and looking for a motivated new graduate or experienced trainee to join its Milan based team in the position of Junior Associate in the Employment team .

Linklaters is a Global Law Firm that primarily works in the main sectors of business law. It offers the opportunity to a young graduate to work in a situation of meritocracy and transparency and follow a career path with equal opportunities, team working environment, innovation and lifelong training. Through continuous development, empowerment, and a culture of collaboration, we ensure that our people are equipped to deliver exceptional results for our clients worldwide. Connect with inspiring and dynamic colleagues all over the world, united by purpose and shared values and working together as one inclusive, collaborative team. This is the place where talent meets inspiration, where ambition meets impact, where you meet your future.

Our employment and incentives practice 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 applicant - recent graduate, up to 2 years of experience - must have the desire to work within an international environment of excellence, where he/she will have the opportunity to collaborate in the most interesting matters with the highest calibre of lawyers. As part of a global and large practice, teamwork is vital and you will often work alongside with colleagues in our overseas offices.

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 (please include the list of exams). Abroad or specific education in Labour law will be assessed positively;
• 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 to the Bar exam
• Continuous learning opportunities throughout a global academy committed to maximize your potential
• Workshops on business and soft skills to broaden and deepen your professional competencies
• Legal technology tools to provide excellence and efficiency (i.e. AI, translation tools, design thinking)
• Innovative on line 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

Linklaters is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or any other dimension of diversity.

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.