About

I am a Partner in our market-leading Employment litigation practice. I help businesses and senior executives to navigate complex issues of employment and partnership law.

I have a particular interest in advising on disputes involving team moves, breaches of contract, misuse of confidential information and restrictive covenants, and I frequently act in the High Court and through Arbitration. I have significant experience in advising clients in the financial services, technology and built-environment sectors.

I also work with multinational companies to meet their day-to-day employment law needs and have considerable experience in managing and delivering strategic and commercial advice to organisations dealing with multi-jurisdictional issues.

I speak regularly at seminars and training events for clients and other lawyers. I am also frequently asked to comment on employment law issues by news media and have have done so on the Today Programme, BBC News, ITV News, talkRadio, CNN and in the Financial Times.

Experience

High Court litigation and arbitration

  • Acting for Claimants and Defendants in complex commercial employment and partnership proceedings, often involving allegations of theft and misuse of confidential information, conspiracies and team moves, and breaches of post-termination restrictive covenants
  • Leading legal teams to the successful prosecution or defence of claims, or in achieving favourable settlements which deliver on a client's commercial objectives

Employment tribunal litigation

  • Advising on strategies for the reduction of risk in matters of potential disputes with employees, and the commercial management of that risk
  • Representing clients in complex and high-value Employment Tribunal proceedings, including disputes relating to whistleblowing and discrimination

International employment advisory

  • Managing and servicing clients' day-to-day employment law needs across multiple jurisdictions in order to deliver effective and coherent commercial advice which meets a client's wider business objectives
  • Advising on strategies for analysing and managing legal risk in relation to global workforces

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"He was a super calm and sophisticated lawyer."
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