DLA Piper LLP, Employment | Chambers UK Profile

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Employment - West Midlands

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

DLA Piper advises clients on a comprehensive range of employment law issues. Its particular strengths include whistleblowing cases, reorganisations and executive termination agreements. The firm regularly represents high-profile employers from the hospitality and retail sectors. Leveraging the firm's offices across the UK and internationally, DLA Piper is able to assist clients with national and cross-border employment matters.

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Work Highlights

DLA Piper represented Clarks in an unfair dismissal claim in the Employment Tribunal, spanning two jurisdictions. It successfully had the claim struck out and secured costs for the client.

Strengths

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The team are very commercially minded, provide clear legal advice, and build relationships with their stakeholders to make you feel heard and understood.

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I appreciate the firm's ability to bring together lawyers from different subject matter areas and jurisdictions to give holistic advice in our global environment.

Employment respondent
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They are efficient in their business advice, balancing the needs of the business with the law. They are also very timely in their responses without compromising on quality.

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There is strong depth from paralegal to partner level.

Employment respondent
UK

The team are very commercially minded, provide clear legal advice, and build relationships with their stakeholders to make you feel heard and understood.

Employment respondent
UK

I appreciate the firm's ability to bring together lawyers from different subject matter areas and jurisdictions to give holistic advice in our global environment.

Employment respondent
UK

They are efficient in their business advice, balancing the needs of the business with the law. They are also very timely in their responses without compromising on quality.

Employment respondent
UK

There is strong depth from paralegal to partner level.

Employment respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Sandra Wallace

Eminent Practitioners

Sandra Wallace regularly works with employers on high-profile contentious matters such as tribunal and High Court claims lodged by C-suite individuals.

Sandra has a very strong knowledge of our business and is always willing to support.

Sandra is a sophisticated technical lawyer with the ability to gather commercial information quickly and tailor it to the specific needs of an organisation.

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Emma Phillips

Band 2

Emma Phillips works with clients on complex employment projects, regularly advising on cross-border matters, including outsourcings and contact harmonisation. She also assists employers in defending employment tribunal claims.

Emma is outstanding.

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Bethan Odey

Associates to watch

Bethan Odey has special expertise advising on employment law aspects of transactions, including outsourcing transactions and TUPE considerations.

She is fantastic. She's taken the time to get to know our business very well, which makes her very effective at what she does. She also provides very commercial advice.

Bethan is great to work with, very knowledgeable and responsive.

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Matthew Jeavons

Associates to watch

Matthew Jeavons advises primarily corporate clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, with a particular interest in the life sciences industry.

Two things which strike me about Matthew are his faultless preparation and his outstanding client-handling skills.

Matthew has a really good sense of humour and is enjoyable to work with.

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