Employment

Who we are 

With over 40 years’ combined experience as specialist employment solicitors, our approach is collaborative and commercially minded. We take time to get to know your business and your ways of working, so we can deliver advice that aligns with your values, supports your strategy, and helps you build strong, sustainable employment practices. 

What we do 

The firm advises on a full range of matters both contentious and non-contentious, such as: 

• Strategic employment advice 
• TUPE
• Collective consultation
• Restrictive covenants 
• Executive severance 
• Business acquisitions and disposals 
• Trade union relations 
• Strategic exits for senior executives  
• Defending high-stakes employment claims 
• Drafting tailored policies and procedures, including:  
  • Generative AI 
  • Data Protection Privacy Notices  
  • Diversity Equity and Inclusion 
  • Disciplinary and grievance  

The team conducts their own advocacy before the Employment Tribunal and are experienced training presenters.  

How we can help you  

Our Employment team advise businesses of all sizes – from PLCs and large national employers to growing SMEs and owner-managed companies – across a wide range of sectors and jurisdictions. We also act for senior individuals, helping them navigate employment transitions with confidence. 

We offer practical, solutions-focused advice across the full spectrum of employment law. Whether you’re navigating a major restructure, managing day-to-day HR issues, or facing an employment tribunal claim, we work alongside you to understand your business, your people, and your priorities – so we can give you advice that really works in practice. 

Examples of the team’s recent and previous experience 

• We acted for ICI in the reported case of Hagen & 440 others v ICI & others. 
• We acted for various national hauliers and logistics businesses in defending all types of tribunal claims and advising on TUPE and other employment issues. 
• We acted for a large national employer in relation to complex discrimination claims, including serial litigants.
• We advised on multiple settlement agreements over a short period of time following collective redundancy consultation procedures.
• We acted for a number of senior executives, including c-suite executives, on strategic exits.  This has included acting for multiple members of the same Board, negotiating their exits, including in relation to share options.
• We regularly assist the Corporate Finance Team in advising on the employment aspects of transactions, including TUPE, Directors’ Service Agreements and associated settlement agreements.