Employment Lawyers & Solicitors
Strategic employment law advice for employers and senior executives
We provide clear, pragmatic support to employers and senior leaders facing complex, sensitive or high-profile matters.
Employment issues, whether involving your workforce or your own career, often involve more than just the law. For employers, people problems can quickly turn into operational, reputational, or regulatory risks. For senior executives, the way a dispute, negotiation, or transition is handled can have an impact on your career for years to come.
We provide decisive, commercial advice that helps our clients manage immediate challenges while protecting their long-term position. Our approach combines technical expertise with commercial acumen, emotional intelligence, and an understanding of the environments in which our clients operate.
Why work with us
- Top-tier recognition: ranked in Band 1 by Chambers UK and The Legal 500 for senior executive advice, and highly ranked for employer work.
- Proven track record: extensive experience in high-profile Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal and High Court cases, including sensitive team move and restrictive covenant disputes.
- Integrated expertise: one of the largest specialist employment teams in London, with the ability to draw seamlessly on colleagues in our corporate, regulatory, tax, immigration, disputes, charities, and reputation management teams.
- Sector insight: significant experience across industries including financial services, professional partnerships, third sector, education, technology, media, sport, and charities.
- Discretion and sensitivity: we are trusted to advise on matters involving intense public, board, or shareholder scrutiny, often resolving them without media or regulatory escalation.
For employers
Business owners, boards, general counsel, HR leaders and senior management teams turn to us for advice on their most complex employment challenges. We invest time in understanding your culture, business objectives, and risk profile, enabling us to provide advice that is tailored, strategic and proportionate.
Our work includes advising on:
- Contracts and policies that protect business interests and reduce the risk of disputes.
- Employee relations support on disciplinaries, dismissals, grievances and whistleblowing.
- Large-scale workplace investigations that carry credibility with regulators and stakeholders.
- Restructures, redundancies and TUPE transfers handled with sensitivity and precision to minimise risk
- Dispute resolution in Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeals Tribunal and High Court claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and restrictive covenant breaches.
- Team move and competition issues: protecting business-critical relationships and confidential information.
We also add value through regular updates, training and seminars, keeping your in-house teams ahead of legal and regulatory developments.
For senior executives
We advise senior leaders across sectors, often at pivotal and high-pressure moments in their careers. We understand the commercial realities, the importance of timing, and the need for absolute discretion.
Our support covers:
- Negotiating new contracts: from contractual terms and benefits to equity, share schemes and regulatory approvals.
- Resolving disputes: including grievances, discrimination, equal pay and regulatory investigations.
- Departures and exits: securing fair and commercially viable terms, minimising post-termination restrictions, and protecting reputation.
- Litigation and defence: representing clients in Employment Tribunal and High Court proceedings, and in alternative dispute resolution.
