Employment law
Clear, practical employment advice for employers and individuals
We advise on the full range of employment law issues, supporting businesses and individuals on both domestic and international matters. Our experience spans day-to-day advisory work, complex strategic projects and employment tribunal proceedings.
Our employment law expertise
We regularly advise on:
Drafting and negotiating executive service agreements, consultancy arrangements and severance packages
Employment policies and staff handbooks
Hiring and termination of senior executives and employees
Settlement agreements and dispute resolution
Redundancies, including collective consultation requirements
Restrictive covenants, dual contracts and post-termination obligations
Discrimination, harassment and whistleblowing issues
Unfair and constructive dismissal claims
Sickness absence and health and safety issues
Data protection and GDPR issues in the employment context
Employer responses to misuse of IT systems and workplace technology
Business change and TUPE
As business lawyers, we regularly advise on the employment aspects of:
Insourcing and outsourcing arrangements
Business transfers under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE)
Restructurings, acquisitions and operational change
Our advice is commercially focused and aligned with broader business objectives.
Employment tribunal work
We act for both employers and individuals in employment tribunal proceedings.
Where appropriate, we work with specialist barristers. In suitable cases, we also undertake advocacy ourselves.
Jessica trained as a barrister and is a Solicitor Advocate, enabling seamless representation from advice through to hearing.
Selected experience
Examples of our employment law experience include advising:
An international publishing company in employment tribunal proceedings involving claims for constructive and unfair dismissal and sex discrimination
A senior employee in a constructive and unfair dismissal claim
A private education professional on unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claims successfully defended in the employment tribunal
Over 100 employees in TUPE-related tribunal proceedings following the receivership of a national consumer brand
Global businesses on factory closures, mass redundancies and consultation obligations
Public and private sector bodies on major outsourcing, PFI and large-scale workforce transfer projects
Who we work with
We advise:
Employers of all sizes, including SMEs and international businesses
Senior executives and professionals
UK-based and overseas clients with UK employment law issues
While London-based, we act for clients nationally and internationally.
