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Reed Smith LLP

Employment

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Reed Smith LLP

Rankings

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Employment - UK

Band 3

What the Team is Known For
Reed Smith has sector specialisms in media and financial services, advising on everything from Equality Act compliance to outsourcing and restrictive covenants. The firm is able to handle multi-jurisdictional projects including large-scale workforce restructuring and corporate transactions. It also demonstrates experience handling both employment tribunal and High Court disputes with expertise including discrimination and unfair dismissal claims.
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Strengths

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  • Their practicality and thoroughness provide counsel that is useful in the real world.

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  • Their in-depth knowledge, response times and professionalism as well as easy to follow guidance and advice makes them stand out.

    Employment respondentGlobal

  • Reed Smith offer exceptional advice. The lawyers are pragmatic as well as commercially relevant.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Robin Jeffcott
    Robin Jeffcott

    Robin Jeffcott

    Robin Jeffcott maintains a well-regarded practice handling employment-related litigation for financial services clients, both domestic and international. His expertise encompasses team moves and claims of discrimination and whistle-blowing.

    • Robin is a strategic employment lawyer.

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    • Robin is really at the top end of the scale in terms of making sure he knows the details of a matter.

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    • He's extremely commercial and understands us as a client very well.

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  • David Ashmore
    David Ashmore

    David Ashmore

    David Ashmore is an able employment practitioner at Reed Smith with expertise across the spectrum of employment matters. His experience ranges from providing corporate support to handling employment disputes.

    • I am very pleased with the level of expertise and recommendations given at all times.

      Employment respondentGlobal

    • David Ashmore is pragmatic and commercially driven.

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  • Joanna Powis
    Joanna Powis

    Joanna Powis

    Joanna Powis is an experienced practitioner who is part of Reed Smith's London employment group. She specialises in providing advice to clients regarding contract reviews and business restructuring.

    • Joanna Powis is extremely bright and understands things quickly getting into the detail.

      Employment respondentGlobal

    • She is excellent, strategic and responsive.

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