Eversheds Sutherland, Employment | Chambers UK Profile

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Eversheds Sutherland has one of the largest and most experienced UK employment teams in the market, with over 140 lawyers delivering high-quality, commercially focused advice across all areas of employment law. The firm supports clients on everything from day-to-day HR matters to complex, multijurisdictional projects involving employment, compensation, immigration and pensions. Their advice is pragmatic, user-friendly and grounded in a deep understanding of both legal frameworks and commercial realities. The team is known for its technical excellence and thought leadership, regularly publishing legal briefings, industry insights and horizon scanning updates. Whether advising on HR strategy, policy development, international expansion or contentious matters such as litigation and industrial action, Eversheds Sutherland provides seamless cross-border support. As part of a top ten global law firm, the team combines local expertise with global reach.

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Employment - East Anglia

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Eversheds Sutherland is recognised as a leading firm in the region, with a team of lawyers experienced in handling the full range of contentious and non-contentious work. The firm demonstrates broad sector expertise, particularly across the universities, technology, logistics and pharmaceutical industries that are central to the regional economy. The employment practice benefits from the firm's national and international presence, and assists clients with cross-border employment issues. The firm's other areas of strength include immigration matters, including securing sponsors' licences and visas. The team is based in the firm's Cambridge office.

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Work Highlights

Eversheds Sutherland continued to provide Panasonics Avionics Corporation with strategic advice on employment matters in the UK and Europe, including guidance on compliance with the incoming EU Pay Transparency Directive.

Strengths

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Eversheds' advice and guidance provide enormous trust and assurance to our senior leadership and HR teams.

Employment respondent
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They are personable lawyers with excellent technical knowledge and are always quick to respond.

Employment respondent
UK

We value their successful handling of many moving parts, covering cross-jurisdictional considerations, corporate structure and explaining the nature and impact of local legal requirements.

Employment respondent
UK

Eversheds' advice and guidance provide enormous trust and assurance to our senior leadership and HR teams.

Employment respondent
UK

They are personable lawyers with excellent technical knowledge and are always quick to respond.

Employment respondent
UK

We value their successful handling of many moving parts, covering cross-jurisdictional considerations, corporate structure and explaining the nature and impact of local legal requirements.

Employment respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Constanze Moorhouse

Band 1

Constanze Moorhouse is experienced in handling a range of employment matters, with a particular focus on cross-border work. She is dual-qualified to practise in England and Wales and in Germany, and leads the team's international employment work.

Constanze is an excellent lawyer who is very knowledgeable and approachable.

Constanze is conversant with the issues pertaining to differences between UK and European law, and is able to help negotiate the ins and outs along the way.

Constanze makes us feel valued as a client and always strives to understand the business.

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Simon Tytherleigh

Band 1

Simon Tytherleigh is head of employment in Eversheds Sutherland's Cambridge office. He is highly regarded for his expertise in employment tribunal litigation, as well as his ability to advise clients on policy updates, outsourcing and TUPE matters.

Simon Tytherleigh gives good solid advice and is very responsive.

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Elizabeth Graves

Band 2

Cambridge-based Elizabeth Graves is co-head of the firm's global international life sciences sector team and has notable expertise advising clients in that sector, as well as in the financial services and tech sectors, on a full range of employment matters. She is well regarded for her ability to handle large-scale international projects.

Elizabeth has that client connection; she understands the business really well and is very hands-on.

We had a highly complex project with a demanding timeline and her advice was invaluable in getting that over the line.

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Matthew Kelly

Band 3

Matthew Kelly is an employment partner in Eversheds Sutherland's Cambridge office who specialises in advising clients in the education sector. He adeptly assists clients with a full range of employment matters from discrimination and unfair dismissal claims to advising on day-to-day contractual and HR issues.

Matthew always provides the senior leadership and HR teams with assurance and confidence in taking decisions with his advice.

Matthew is good at grasping the key issue and then going straight towards it.

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Alice Townley Smith

Associates to watch

Alice Townley Smith has expertise advising clients in the education sector on a range of employment matters, including grievances, redundancies, reorganisations and TUPE. She is based in Cambridge.

Alice is very good at explaining things in quite clear terms, is practical and pragmatic, and able to cut through complex matters.

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