Dan Begbie-Clench
About
Provided by Dan Begbie-Clench
Languages Spoken
English. Dan is also fluent in French and speaks basic Italian and Portuguese.
Industry Sector Expertise
Financial Services, Media, Tech, Fashion and Pharma.
Practice Areas
Dan specialises in employment law and advises a range of companies and partnerships, and senior executives, partners and employees. He is known for commercial and responsive advice. He is recommended for his work in the leading legal directories, the Chambers UK Guide 2022 and The Legal 500 Guide 2022.
His clients come from a wide range of sectors including financial services, media, tech, fashion and pharma. Many have international operations where his lead role in Doyle Clayton’s founding membership of ELLINT, the international network of specialist employment law firms, adds considerable value.
Dan's work for employers includes enforcing post-termination restrictions and preventing employees from using confidential information, as well as advising on strategic employment law issues and reorganisations. His work for senior executives, LLP members, partners and employees includes helping them to negotiate contracts and favourable exit terms. He also advises on bonus and pay disputes, Board and partnership disputes, whistleblowing and discrimination claims.
Dan heads our Canary Wharf office, managing a team of six senior and junior lawyers.
Career
Qualified in October 2003
Specialist in Employment Law since 2003
Olswang (now CMS) from 2001 to 2005
Parker & Co 2005 to 2011
Joined Doyle Clayton in 2011 becoming a partner in 2015.
Professional Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association
European Employment Lawyers Association
Publications
Dan has had a number of articles published by The Times and by HR publications, including People Management and HR Magazine.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
United Kingdom
Work Highlights
Advising a number of financial services employers investigating misuse of confidential information and breaches of restrictive covenants by departing employees, and taking steps including High Court action to protect their businesses from unlawful competition.
Advising a healthcare company on its investigation into historic allegations of sexual harassment committed by a senior employee, which were raised by an employee during a grievance process.
Acting for a household name PLC in defending allegations of whistle-blowing brought by an overseas employee.
Advising a pharma company on an internal restructure of its HR and recruitment functions.
Representing a senior executive in the insurance business in an equal pay and sex discrimination claim, achieving settlement of the Tribunal case for a sum in excess of £700k.
Advising two in-house lawyers working for a utility company who raised whistle-blowing complaints, achieving settlements of over 1.5 year's pay for each.
Chambers Review
UK
Dan Begbie-Clench heads Doyle Clayton's Canary Wharf office and is adept at advising employers in the financial services sector. He is experienced in handling a variety of employment matters including grievances and senior exits.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dan Begbie Clench is a great lawyer and a very safe pair of hands if your organisation is facing a serious employment law issue. He was always extremely responsive, which was important as new issues would regularly arise requiring immediate advice."
"Dan gives practical and constructive advice which is incredibly helpful in complex employment law disputes."
"Dan Begbie-Clench has provided exceptional advice. He is able to cut through complexity without compromising quality."
"Dan Begbie Clench is a great lawyer and a very safe pair of hands if your organisation is facing a serious employment law issue. He was always extremely responsive, which was important as new issues would regularly arise requiring immediate advice."
"Dan gives practical and constructive advice which is incredibly helpful in complex employment law disputes."
"Dan Begbie-Clench has provided exceptional advice. He is able to cut through complexity without compromising quality."