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Employment: Senior Executive - London (Firms)

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What the Team is Known For

Brahams Dutt Badrick French is a renowned boutique employment law firm that represents senior executives and individuals from financial service groups in all manner of disputes and issues. The firm also acts for doctors, lawyers and consultants. It has significant experience handling high-profile cases, with expertise in restrictive covenants and severance issues as well as in relation to whistle-blowing and sex, disability and race-based discrimination claims.

Work Highlights

  • BDBF represented former CBI Director-General Tony Danker following his gross misconduct dismissal.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Claire Dawson
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BDBF partner Claire Dawson has extensive experience acting for senior executives and other private individuals on complex matters including sex, race and age discrimination and unfair dismissal claims. She is also the employee co-chair of the ABA international labour and employment law committee.

She is extremely client-centric.

She provides good advice and is sharp, switched on and balanced.

Claire Dawson is really excellent and really good at handling clients.

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Gareth Brahams
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Gareth Brahams is the managing partner of BDBF. He is noted for his expertise acting for senior-level employees in significant disputes and is well versed in matters involving whistle-blowing, as well as claims of discrimination and harassment.

He is very smart, very effective and an excellent litigator.

Gareth delivered outstanding client service in all respects.

Gareth Brahams is very commercial and tactically astute.

Paula Chan
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Paula Chan
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Paula Chan is a partner at BDBF who regularly acts for employees in employment tribunal and High Court proceedings, as well as on non-contentious matters. She is sought after for her knowledge of the employment issues affecting individuals in the financial services sector.

Paula was always very professional, knowledgeable and sharp.

Her experience was very evident. I always felt well represented and appreciated her pragmatism. She was always very easy to get hold of and I always felt well informed of progress.

Paula is extremely good.

Nick Wilcox
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Nick Wilcox
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Nick Wilcox is frequently called upon to advise C-suite executives and other high-profile employees on the full range of employment disputes. He is particularly well regarded for his experience in cases that involve a regulatory aspect.

Nick is a very safe pair of hands, is super responsive and is never flustered.

I trust his judgement and am very lucky and very grateful to have had him fight my corner.

He is well-placed to advise any individual or business in their moment of pain.

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Clare Brereton
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Clare Brereton is a partner making a name for herself at BDBF advising on employment disputes. She has notable capabilities in representing senior executives in discrimination cases.

Clare Brereton is an excellent new partner with lots of experience and a willingness to push the envelope for clients.

Clare is brilliant.

Clare is fantastic. She is sharp, commercially aware and very personable, especially when dealing with sensitive and difficult matters.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Employment: Senior Executive

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Claire Dawson
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Gareth Brahams
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Paula Chan
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Paula Chan
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Nick Wilcox
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Nick Wilcox
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Clare Brereton
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Members

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Abdullah Ahmed

Adele Getty

Amanda Steadman

Blair Wassman

Connie Berry

Emma Burroughs

Gareth Brahams

Head of Department

James Hockley

Julia Gargan

Noelle van Wyk

Rebecca Rubin

Samantha Prosser

Theo Nicou

Tom McLaughlin

Yulia Chizh

Industries

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Financial Services, Professional Services, Healthcare, Education, Technology, Utilities