POSITION DESCRIPTION
Employee Incentives/Employee Tax Associate, Employment Department
Position Title: / Employee Share Incentives/Employee Tax AssociateReports: / None
The Team: / Employee Benefits Team
1 Partner
1 Consultant (Part Time- Expatriate Tax)
1 Senior Associate (Full Time)
1 Senior Associate (Part Time- works from home)
1 Associate*- the position is aimed at this level (The Associate is a new qualifier joining us in October 2006)
1 Trainee dedicated to the Employee Benefits Team
The Employee Benefits Team is part of a global network of lawyers, which together form one of the leading global practices. In our San Francisco and Chicago teams alone, there are 18 and 8 share plan lawyers respectively.
There is commitment within the London office to develop the London team further, a policy which is reflected in the appointment in July 2006 of Jeremy Edwards as partner.
In London, the Employee Benefits Team sits within the Employment Department, which has:
6 Partners
6 Senior Associates
14 Associates
6 Trainee solicitors
3 Professional Support Lawyer
2 Consultants
Required Background:
A lawyer with experience in employee share plans and employee tax issues.
Key Competencies/Skills:
- Strong analytical skills
- Demonstrates a willingness to learn - the right candidate will want to continue to develop their key competencies and skills
- Strong service orientation, with good client management skills
- Ability to develop strong relationships with clients and to take responsibility for this relationship
- Flexible work practices and ability to adapt style as required
- Outstanding communication skills and ability to work within a team
- Reliable
- Open and co-operative attitude with professional outlook
Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate will come from a similar city firm background and have experience in Employee Share Plans and Employee Tax issues. It is essential that the candidate has strong academic (minimum 2.1 degree), personal and technical skills needed to support the client work of the department. It is also important that the candidate has strong client management and relationship skills in this client facing role. Excellent written communication and drafting skills are required. This is an opportunity for a dynamic individual with an interest in business development and outstanding technical skills to join a small but growing department and be a key part its success.
The candidate may come from a tax practice where they have specialised in Employee Incentive and Tax related issues and may have gained their experience and training in a top tier overseas Firm.
The Practice Group/Incentive to join:
- Opportunity to join a happy and innovative team which continues to grow
- Group of high calibre employee share plan/ employee tax lawyers committed to training and development of all team members including excellent internal training program
- Industry recognised team
- Opportunities to travel
- Opportunity to contribute to the growth of the practice
- Scope for rapid career path
Sample of Current work:
The work in this practice is a mix of:
- Advisory - The variety of work is very wide, eg assisting US based companies launch into the UK market; providing advice to UK based clients on employee taxation issues, advising clients on Revenue compliance requirements
- Transactional - including cross border and UK focussed transactions (examples include - acquisition of Kidde and more recently the acquisition of the company operating American Idol)
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