Boardside Limited

Managing Partner: Richard Port

Employment Lead: Richard Port

Business Immigration Lead: Nadine Marston

Corporate Governance Lead: Cathy Baxandall

Commercial Lead: Sarah Podesta

Number of Partners: 2

Number of Other Fee-Earners: 2

Offices: Leeds, Harrogate, London

Boardside Law is a boutique firm which offers high-calibre, board-level legal support across employment, business immigration, corporate governance (including risk, compliance and company secretarial), commercial advisory and general counsel services. Operating from offices in Yorkshire and London, the firm combines the strategic insight of a City practice with the accessibility and responsiveness of a regional team.

Specialising in close collaboration with boards and senior executives, Boardside Law offers pragmatic, commercially attuned advice.Its solicitors are trusted partners in high-stakes decision-making, recognised for their clarity, legal precision and in-depth understanding of the challenges facing modern businesses.

Unlike more traditional law firms, Boardside Law works as an extension of the client’s leadership team, embedding legal strategy at the core of commercial planning.Its approach is rooted in ‘pre-thinking’: anticipating risks, aligning legal frameworks with business goals, and empowering decision-makers to move forward with confidence. The firm’s work has been described as ‘a thought process around the Board table’, working not just for clients but alongside them.

The firm advises across a wide range of sectors, including professional services, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, ESG, logistics, tech and food.Its client base spans listed and private companies, high-growth start-ups, charitable enterprises and professional services firms.

Boardside Law is built on values of trust, integrity, flexibility and innovation.It is particularly known for the strength and longevity of its client relationships, with the majority of instructions arising through client referrals.

Whether advising on senior exits, collective redundancy processes, managing a cross-border immigration issue, or board governance during corporate transactions, Boardside maintains a consistent focus: clarity, confidence, and results.

Team: 1 Partner, 1 fee earner

Overview: Boardside Law acts for both employers and senior individuals in complex employment disputes, whistleblowing claims, organisational restructuring, diversity and inclusion initiatives, strategic exits and investigations. Clients include CEOs, CFOs, HRDs and employers ranging from tech start-ups to listed and private-equity-backed businesses. Boardside Law is known for resolving sensitive matters pre-litigation and for handling high-value claims at the Employment Tribunal.

Recent Highlights:

• Representing a senior NHS whistleblower in a high-profile case against a hospital trust.
• Advising the Board of a leading electric vehicle manufacturer on a multi-phase business restructure involving redundancies, senior exits and board governance support.

Fee earners involved: Richard Port, Nadine Marston

Contact: Richard Port | [email protected] | 0330 094 9338

Team: 1 Partner, 1 other fee earner

Overview: Boardside Law advises businesses on sponsor licence compliance, Skilled Worker and Global Mobility applications, and high-risk right-to-work issues. Immigration clients span manufacturing, construction, hospitality and consultancy sectors.

Recent Highlights:

• Advising an ESG consultancy on business immigration strategy, talent sponsorship, and mobility frameworks.
• Acting for a manufacturing company in relation to sponsor licence management and Skilled Worker visa compliance.

Solicitors Involved: Richard Port, Nadine Marston

Contact: Nadine Marston | [email protected] | 0330 094 9338

Team: 1 Partner, 1 fee earner

Overview: Boardside Law provides outsourced general counsel and company secretarial support, as well as risk and compliance strategic advice, relating to Boards, Board Committees, structures, composition, reporting requirements, terms of reference and matters reserved.

Highlights:

• Acting as outsourced GC for a leading healthcare business, covering contracts, board support and audit committee matters.
• Board level training

Solicitors Involved: Cathy Baxandall, Sarah Podesta

Contact: Cathy Baxandall | [email protected] | 0330 094 9338

Team: 1 fee earner

Overview: Boardside Law provides advice in relation to commercial contracts and commercial agreements, legal and regulatory compliance advice, and competition law.

Recent Highlights:

• Third party commercial contracts in various sectors, including automotive, shipping and logistics.
• Data Privacy advice.

Fee earner Involved: Sarah Podesta

Contact: Richard Port | [email protected] | 0330 094 9338

• • Employment Law
  • Business Immigration
  • Corporate Governance
  • Commercial Contracts & Regulatory Compliance
  • Fractional General Counsel Services

Harrogate

55 Grove Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 5EP

Leeds

One Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5HN

London

Octagon Point, 5 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6AA

Phone: 0330 0949338

Email: [email protected]

Website:www.boardside.co.uk