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Ashtons Legal

Employment

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Employment - East Anglia

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

Ashtons Legal assists an array of clients including national corporations, SMEs and public sector bodies. The team has key expertise in the manufacturing, food, technology and retail sectors. The firm's broad employment coverage encompasses work on TUPE, industrial relations and restructuring, as well as regularly advising on employment litigation.

Strengths

Ashtons constantly deliver to a high and consistent standard. Their ability to handle complex and sophisticated matters is very strong.

They offer robust, balanced legal advice with a huge amount of commercial thinking alongside.

They provide excellent, tailor-made advice.

We have had some changes in our senior team, and the Ashtons team have made time to build relationships with them.

Work Highlights

Ashtons Legal advised an international food manufacturer on multiple site closures across its UK operational base, involving collective consultations and revising the management structure.

Notable practitioners
Oliver Brabbins

Norwich-based Oliver Brabbins advises on a wide range of contentious employment matters, in addition to corporate employment law. His experience includes restructurings and pay and equalities audits, and he has particular advocacy expertise.


Claire Sleep

Cambridge-based Claire Sleep works with employers on a wide variety of employment matters, with notable expertise in discrimination issues. She has particular experience in advising clients from the education and manufacturing sectors.

Claire is extremely knowledgeable, helpful and professional at all times.


Ross Strowger

Ross Strowger heads the employment team at Ashtons and is based in the firm's Norwich office. He is noted for his expertise in non-contentious employment matters, including reorganisations and issues arising from insolvency.

Ross delivers concise, trustworthy and relatable employment law advice.

Ross is an experienced and commercially aware individual with common sense and good leadership qualities.

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