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Employment Law

What We Do

The lawyers in our Employment team have a wealth of experience in:

  • Policies and contracts of employment;
  • Structuring executive severance arrangements and compromise agreements;
  • Equality and diversity law;
  • Large scale reorganisations and TUPE transfers advice;
  • Restrictive covenants and confidentiality obligations;
  • Litigation advice: represent employers and individuals in Employment Tribunals and Civil Courts;
  • All aspects of day-to-day employment law.

Recent Employment Law Deals

  • Advised a leading financial services business on TUPE, collective labour law and redundancy implications after it acquired one of the UK’s largest SIPP businesses;
  • Successfully defended a national outsourcing business on a substantial multi-party Tribunal claim for age discrimination;
  • Advised a large food manufacturing PLC after disposing part of its business on TUPE and an emergency restructure. The team defended multi-party Tribunal proceedings in the face of opposition from trade unions;
  • Advised on a collective consultation process after our client acquired a leading UK IT hardware supplier.

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Testimonials

“Practical outcomes-focussed approach”, “Superb knowledge and ability to articulate complex ideas” Chambers and Partners, 2011

“Technical acumen and commercial awareness” Chambers and Partners, 2011

“Consistently achieving outstanding results” Legal 500, 2010