Employment lawyers.

Employment law is a complex and evolving area. A legal team is called on to provide advice and documentation throughout a person’s employment, from drawing up an initial contract to managing redundancies or contract terminations. As a business grows, so does the workload.

Our consultants provide support with both specific employment law queries and a legal team’s regular workload. When you need to draw up contracts or negotiate employment terms, Obelisk Support has a lawyer with the knowledge and experience to help.

By working with Obelisk, you won’t add to your own HR or employment law burden; Obelisk Support manages all checks and onboarding processes. When you need support, we have employment solicitors with the experience you need on a basis that suits your projects.

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Why Obelisk?

A large pool of pre-vetted, highly skilled lawyers and paralegals

Quality matches powered by our proprietary matching platform

We pioneer new ways of working to help our clients succeed

We are committed to creating a more inclusive legal profession

How it works. As simple as 1,2,3

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your brief

Hours, days, or months of support – whatever you need

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We'll connect
you

We match you with your legal professional – quickly & effortlessly

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We manage onboarding and related admin tasks

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Scale on demand

We’ll oversee service delivery and project management

Case study: Flexible legal services for a global healthcare business

As the new UK General Counsel, in a global healthcare business, one our clients faced the task of building up their legal organisation from scratch. The nature of the business meant that there were peaks and troughs in their workload that needed to be balanced against the demands of regulatory work and designing an operating model to support the business as it grew. Obelisk Support delivered the solution introducing remote, flexible legal support.

Obelisk Flexible Legal Services

Interim legal team

A flexible pool of experts as an extension to your team, tailored with the legal skills you need, for a fixed price per month

Lawyer on demand

Trust our pool of pre-vetted, City-trained lawyers with in-house experience – for secondment cover to transactions support

Flexible legal support

Boost your core legal team to meet project goals or scale your legal function at speed

Paralegals

Extra support to boost your productivity – our best-in-class paralegals can help from triaging workflow to compliance tasks

What our clients say

“We were really happy with the service Obelisk delivered and felt that we built a real rapport with the consultant we worked with, as well as being impressed by their work”

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Deborah is an employment lawyer with significant experience of working in-house for Central government.

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Luscinia is an experienced, senior commercial lawyer having held several General Counsel and Legal Director roles in leading organisations across the catering and hospitality, retail and manufacturing sectors.

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Our Legal Specialisms

M&A Lawyers

Major transactions and
post acquisition support

Commercial Lawyers

Commercial contract drafting, review and negotiation

Corporate Lawyers

Corporate and Commercial Lawyers

Data Protection and Privacy Lawyers

Data protection and data privacy / GDPR specialists

Construction Lawyers

Construction projects and commercial property legal support

Employment Lawyers

Advice & documentation

Company Reporting

Company secretarial and governance support

Document Review

Preparing, reviewing and amending documents

Employment lawyers FAQs

What is covered by employment law?

Employment law comprises of all matters related to the workplace. Employment lawyers are usually used to help businesses or individuals navigated all aspects of their work relationship, from contracts of employment, advising a business on good practice and, in unfortunate situations of a relationship breakdown, they would conduct case management and hearings in the employment tribunals.

Should I use a flexible legal service to look after HR-related legal matters?

Yes! HR-related legal support often requires ad-hoc or project support and is one of the most common areas of flexile legal support. Companies often require an overhaul of their contracts or policies which is very suitable to working with an experienced lawyer to draft and roll out followed by ongoing Lawyer on Demand support as needed.

Do all employment lawyers work from home?

No. Sometimes employment lawyers go for meetings in person (especially if tribunal or disciplinary hearings require them to attend or support a business) but generally the work can be easily completed remotely.

Does Obelisk Support help with employment tribunal hearings?

Obelisk Support does not usually work with litigious matters. However, an Obelisk Support employment lawyer can assist with disciplinary matters before they reach a hearing and guide an organisation through the process.

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Why we’re stepping out for equal access to justice: the London Legal Walk

Jun 2, 2023

Access to justice is a basic human right – one that shouldn’t be determined by a person's financial situation. The ability to receive quality and timely legal advice can profoundly improve an individual or a family's life, helping to manage problems such as debt,...

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Nov 1, 2022

15 years on from the passing of the Legal Services Act, has the legal industry successfully advocated for, and taken advantage of, the mood change, and the opportunities presented opening up the legal market?

In this report, we resurface the leading voices that called for change and pioneered the way; explore the impact on legal teams and cast an eye to what the future may hold. (published November 2022)

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