Employment

• Advising in connection with day-to-day employee and organisational matters including senior exits, performance and absence management, grievances and disciplinary procedures, and discrimination issues
• Assisting companies regarding individual and collective redundancy consultation exercises
• Advising in respect of company reorganisations
• Drafting employment contracts, director service agreements and consultancy agreements
• Preparing employee-facing policies and staff handbooks
• Drafting and negotiating settlement agreements

Employment M&A, outsourcing & TUPE

• Advising companies in a variety of sectors on the employment aspects of corporate transactions (both share sales/purchases and asset sales/purchases involving TUPE)
• Carrying out due diligence exercises and preparing reports on the relevant findings
• Drafting and negotiating warranties and indemnities in the transaction documents
• Advising in connection with the employment law and TUPE aspects of outsourcing agreements

Employment tribunals

• Acting for respondent employers in the Employment Tribunal including the defence of unfair dismissal, discrimination and equal pay claims
• Advising on judicial mediation