Our Employment Team
Our specialist employment law team is a close-knit, enthusiastic group, focused on technical excellence and delivering great results for clients. We have team members based in Wellington and Auckland, operating as a single national team, along with new offices in Christchurch. Our clients include leading New Zealand businesses, government departments and agencies, and large multi-national companies.
Our team advises on the full ambit of employment and workplace law, including;
- Employee relations
- Employment litigation
- Reorganisations and the personnel aspects of corporate transactions
- Union and collective bargaining issues
- Investigations
- Health and safety
- International and cross-border employment
About you
You will have 3 to 7 years’ post-qualification experience and a passion for employment law
You must have the ability to work collaboratively in a high-performing and fun national team
What do we offer?
We offer you the opportunity to be part of a positive and inclusive team that works in partnership with our clients and other teams locally and across the Dentons network, where you will get plenty of valuable experience and mentoring. We are a future-focussed firm and that ethos extends to our people too.
We offer competitive remuneration along with benefits that will make a positive difference to your life:
- We invest in our people, so learning and development are key.
- Lifestyle leave – we recognise that people have busy lives so there is the opportunity to buy extra leave each year.
- Dedicated wellness programme.
- Paid parental leave of 26 weeks/5 weeks for non-primary caregiver.
- Access to free in-house legal advice.
- We dress for our day and our role.
- Regular social events, including Friday Fives, sporting and charity events, annual balls, family Christmas parties, and an end of year function.
- An extra paid holiday for Dentons Kensington Swan Day.
Dentons Kensington Swan is Rainbow Tick certified. We believe inclusion drives diversity and fostering an environment where our people thrive through diversity of thought and shared experience makes us the successful global firm we are. We encourage applications irrespective of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. Dentons Kensington Swan is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an environment where everyone respects and supports each other.
For more information about our specialist employment law team check out www.dentons.co.nz/en/industries-and-practices/practices/employment-and-labour.
To apply, please submit your CV, academic transcript and cover letter. For a confidential discussion about the role, or a copy of the position description, please contact Aleisha Williams (HR Advisor- Auckland) at aleisha.williams@dentons.com
