Senior Associate or Counsel — Labor & Employment

A leading national law firm is seeking a talented Senior Associate or Counsel to join its Labor & Employment Department. This is not a traditional employment law role: it sits at the intersection of employment law, executive mobility and corporate transactions, advising on high-stakes workforce matters that directly affect enterprise value, leadership continuity and transaction success.

Working closely with nationally ranked Healthcare, Private Equity and M&A teams, you will counsel corporate clients and private equity sponsors on employment issues arising from acquisitions, divestitures, leadership transitions, restrictive covenant disputes and post-closing integration. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and a key resource to deal teams, blending strategic advisory work, risk assessment, transactional counseling and crisis management in a fast-moving environment where contributions are visible and valued.

This is a national search with a focus on several major markets across the United States. The firm offers a competitive salary, hours and merit bonus opportunities, billable hours credit for pro bono work, and excellent benefits, along with meaningful support for lawyers' career development.

• Experience counseling clients on workplace policies, employment compliance, employee relations and HR matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation and wage-and-hour issues
• Ability to advise on restrictive covenants and wage misclassification, including structuring, drafting and enforcing non-competition, non-solicitation and confidentiality obligations
• Experience leading employment-related due diligence in corporate and private equity transactions, prioritizing material risks and developing practical mitigation strategies
• Capability to independently manage complex employment matters and transactional workstreams and to supervise and mentor junior associates
• Seasoned judgment, strategic thinking and discretion in advising senior executives and corporate leadership on sensitive personnel, leadership transition and governance issues