Santander UK Group is looking for a Managing Legal Counsel – Employment Legal based out of our London office
Reporting to the Director, Litigation & Contentious Regulatory, this role forms part of the Litigation & Contentious Regulatory leadership team and is Santander UK Group’s lead employment legal role
You will lead the Employment Legal team and provide strategic, business-focused advice on significant employment legal, regulatory and reputational matters across Santander UK Group
Lead the Employment Legal function, setting direction, priorities and standards and ensuring high-quality, commercial advice on complex people matters
Develop a high-performing team, with accountability for performance, capability, engagement, succession planning and an inclusive culture
Advise senior stakeholders and governance for a on strategically significant employment legal matters, including executive, committee and Board-level papers and participation where required
Oversee material contentious matters, including employment litigation, ADR, investigations, whistleblowing,



complex employee relations issues, industrial relations and settlement strategy
Provide strategic non-contentious advice on SMCR, Conduct Rules, Fitness & Propriety, remuneration, senior leader and MRT changes, organisational change, TUPE and collective consultation
Strengthen legal risk management through effective governance, controls, reporting, MI, lessons learned and continuous improvement
Deliver value from legal resources by insourcing strategic employment, employee benefits and pensions advice where appropriate, allocating work effectively across internal and external resources, managing panel firms, budgets and costs, capturing effective MI and embedding best practice
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