Employment Solicitor

Employment Solicitor

1-year PQE+

Edinburgh

Our leading employment law practice is recruiting. In joining us, you can gain exposure to high-profile clients and learn from leading partners. With us, you'll enjoy real responsibility from an early stage, working as part of a leading national employment practice in our rapidly expanding Edinburgh office.

We are recruiting Employment Solicitors with at least one year post-qualification experience to join our Edinburgh Office. We would welcome applications from candidates with more experience.

The Team

Our employment team is one of the largest in the UK; as such we are active in helping to shape UK employment law and participate actively in numerous employment law organisations and committees.

Our employment lawyers work for FTSE 100 and 250 listed companies, major public sector employers as well as up-and-coming startups. We also work with non-profit organisations and for senior executives. We regularly advise on high profile and business critical projects for these clients, including identifying and managing ESG risks and opportunities – our enviable client base will keep you engaged, excited and proud of the work we do.

Alongside advising on all aspects of employment law, we offer a wide range of value-added services; of particular note is our impressive training offering. We also advise on the full range of employment tribunal and civil litigation, including team moves and enforcing restrictive covenants.

The Edinburgh team is fully integrated with the Employment Department. You will therefore benefit from being part of a growing team which includes Partner, Katie Russell, while working with our national client base.

What others say:

“A full service employment law team. Practical lawyers, technically strong who know how to apply the law with business acumen and commercial nous.” The Legal 500 (2025)

“They're serious players with serious, heavyweight clients and an excellent team.” – Chambers (2025)

What you'll need

• Relevant experience working on employment matters
• The ability to work well as part of a large, collaborative team and directly with clients
• The ability to manage a complex and varied workload effectively
• Self-motivation and eagerness to learn
• Registration as a lawyer with the SRA or Law Society of Scotland

The Firm

Our working environment is professional and progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. We offer a work setting where you are encouraged to contribute and a team with approachable seniors and Partners. This is what helps us to attract some of the best legal minds in the industry and it's why our people love working here.

We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have been voted by our people as RollOnFriday's ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2025' achieving the award for the fourth consecutive year. We were also named “Law Firm of the Year” at The Legal Business Awards 2025.

At Burges Salmon, you will have a fair, transparent path to progression. To find out more click here to download our Career Guide for Lawyers.We're committed to finding the right person for this role and we're open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

It's important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

Get in touch!

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Chris Jenkinson on 0117 307 2246 or email ([email protected]) for an informal and confidential conversation.