Employment Law

for employers

Our understanding of employers’ businesses, culture, people and needs allows us to act as extensions of their own HR and management teams. Our work for employer clients includes:

  • Drafting of contracts and policies
  • Advice on recruitment
  • Day-to-day advice on employee relations issues, including disciplinaries, dismissals, grievances and whistleblowing
  • Large-scale workplace investigations
  • Small, medium, and large scale redundancies
  • TUPE transfers and restructures
  • Employment Tribunal and High Court claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and other employment disputes, and
  • Restrictive covenant/team move related claims.

for senior executives

For senior executives, the same availability and understanding makes us part of your team and a strong legal support through potentially turbulent times. Our advice includes:

  • Negotiating contracts and benefits, share schemes, bonuses and equity on starting a new role
  • Resolving disputes, such as grievances, discrimination and equal pay issues
  • Advising on regulatory investigations
  • Negotiating voluntary departures and forced exits on elegant terms
  • Advising in relation to Employment Tribunal and High Court claims, and
  • Defending disputes around restrictive covenant and team moves.

 

    In addition to providing a quality, practical legal service, our employment lawyers also add value through regular bulletins, training updates and fully interactive seminars. Our Blogs aim to update, inform and generate discussion, and reflects team members’ individual thoughts and comments on topical legal and HR issues.