Legal Associates - Employment Practice

Legal Associates - Employment Practice

Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP · Singapore, Singapore (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-27

Workplace: hybrid

Department: Corp – Corporate Commercial

Description

About the Team

Our market leading Employment practice is made up of experienced and highly regarded lawyers who provide full-spectrum advice and support to employers and senior executives. We have one of the largest teams of specialist employment lawyers in Singapore, and we often work with a regional view. Our focus is high-value, complex, multi-jurisdictional employment work for multinational corporations and senior employees.

Our Employment practice is ranked Band 1 by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Tier 1 by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Tier 1 by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific, and is rated Outstanding by Asialaw. It was also named Asia Pacific Law Firm of the Year at the IEL Awards 2023, 2025 runner-up in 2024.

We are looking for Associates with 2 to 4 years' post-qualification experience to join this dynamic award-winning practice.

The Role

You will have the opportunity to work on both non-contentious and contentious employment matters throughout the employment life cycle for local, regional and multinational clients, including:

• Hiring and onboarding: advising on appointments, employer and employee rights and duties, and fair, merit-based recruitment practices.

• Immigration: advising on the work pass regime and Fair Consideration Framework in hiring, mobility and corporate transactions.

• Employment documentation: drafting documents across the employment lifecycle, including offer letters, employment contracts, executive service agreements, variation letters, employee handbooks and HR policies (such as flexible work, whistle-blowing, grievance, workplace harassment, investigation and disciplinary policies).

• Executive compensation: designing and drafting compensation and benefit plans, ESOPs and LTIPs, and advising on benefits issues in reorganisations.

• Mobility: advising on and documenting local and cross-border secondments and relocations.

• Workplace compliance: advising on Singapore employment legislation, CPF, work injury compensation, and tripartite guidelines and advisories.

• M&A and corporate support: conducting employment due diligence and advising on employee transfers and post-integration HR alignment in mergers, acquisitions and business combinations.

• Restructuring and retrenchment: advising on cross-border restructuring and retrenchment exercises, including pre-retrenchment obligations and engagement with government authorities and unions.

• Exits and terminations: advising on terminations and wrongful dismissal risk, preparing separation agreements and exit documents, and supporting exit negotiations.

• Employment litigation: advising on and representing clients in employment-related litigation at all levels of the Singapore courts.

• Investigations: advising on and conducting workplace investigations for clients in respect of complaints ranging from harassment, work-related grievances, bullying, discrimination, etc.

• Regulatory compliance: advising on and supporting clients in investigations by regulatory authorities such as the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices, Ministry of Manpower, Central Provident Fund Board, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, etc.

• Union engagement: advising and representing clients in engaging with the unions over issues including recognition of unions, employee rights under collective agreements or memorandums of understandings, etc.

• Restrictive covenants and post-employment obligations: advising and representing clients in the enforcement of post-employment obligations including non-competition and non-solicitation obligations, confidentiality obligations, etc.

Requirements

• Qualified to practise law in Singapore, with 2 to 4 years' post-qualification experience.
• Good working knowledge of Singapore employment law and practice. Prior experience in employment law is preferred.
• Strong and meticulous drafting skills.
• Commercially astute, with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
• The ability to give clear, practical and commercial advice to HR, in-house legal and senior management teams.
• Good organisational skills, and the ability to handle several matters at once and work well in a team.
• Interest in regional and cross-border work, and in employment issues arising in corporate transactions.
• Works well in a fast-moving team and comfortable operating in a high-performance environment
• Proactive and takes ownership of issues

What We Offer

• Exposure to high-value, complex and multi-jurisdictional employment matters for leading multinational clients.
• Close mentoring by partners in a top-ranked practice.
• Opportunities to work with regional colleagues across the Rajah & Tann Asia network.
• A clear path for professional development and career progression.

Apply

Apply at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

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