Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Employment | Chambers Global Profile

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Employment - UK

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Addleshaw Goddard has an established employment law practice with significant expertise in assisting financial services and retail clients, among others. The firm is experienced in handling challenging litigations and assists clients with defending whistleblowing claims and with conducting workplace investigations. It is also well equipped to advise on day-to-day and general HR matters, as well as the employment aspects of transactions, including those with multi-jurisdictional elements.

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Strengths

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They have deep technical knowledge of the law and the ability to provide practical, creative and commercial advice and guidance.

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They have a team of excellent partners, who are diligent in their craft, but place great emphasis in building up their associates who are exceptionally capable in their own right.

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The whole team is pragmatic, knowledgeable, commercial and client-focused.

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They have deep technical knowledge of the law and the ability to provide practical, creative and commercial advice and guidance.

Employment respondent
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They have a team of excellent partners, who are diligent in their craft, but place great emphasis in building up their associates who are exceptionally capable in their own right.

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The whole team is pragmatic, knowledgeable, commercial and client-focused.

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Notable Practitioners

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Richard Yeomans

Band 2

Richard Yeomans is a partner at Addleshaw Goddard noted for his ability to handle a broad range of employment work. He routinely advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters for employers from industries including financial services and retail.

Richard is excellent.

Richard always provides commercially sound and practical advice, he understands our business challenges well.

He is extremely responsive and really pragmatic in his advice.

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Michael Leftley

Band 3

Head of the employment group at Addleshaw Goddard, Michael Leftley is regularly called upon by clients from an array of industry sectors to handle all forms of employment disputes. He is proficient in advising on whistle-blowing and discrimination claims.

He is very experienced and it comes across in the advice he gives.

Michael is very pragmatic and he's interested and attentive to clients. He takes a commercial and realistic view of the situation providing relevant advice to the situation.

We cannot fault Michael at all; he is superb in every way.

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Paul McGrath

Band 4

Paul McGrath is a partner at Addleshaw Goddard who has a wide practice spanning the healthcare and financial services sectors, among others. He regularly assists employers with TUPE matters.

Paul was very helpful, knowledgeable and responsive. He was able to communicate complicated legal positions to non-lawyers.

Paul is a fantastic lawyer and legal adviser. He is thoughtful, succinct and commercially astute.

Paul is a great individual to work with. He is very knowledgeable, responsive and has become a trusted legal adviser.

He was great to work with, very knowledgeable and very responsive.

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Sarah Harrop

Band 5

Sarah Harrop is a partner at Addleshaw Goddard who is adept at advising on disputes, as well as the employment aspects of corporate transactions. She is sought after for her expertise in matters ranging from discrimination claims to TUPE.

She is a brilliant legal partner in all senses of the word. She is always available, highly commercial, friendly, pragmatic and smart.

Sarah's advice is always very clear, and delivered in language that my team and I don't need to decipher.

Sarah is incredibly knowledgeable and offers clear and pragmatic guidance.

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