James Baker

Practice Areas

James is a partner and head of Lee & Thompson’s Employment team. He has over 20 years’ experience as an employment lawyer, most recently heading up the Employment team at Teacher Stern which he joined in 2009 and grew the team from a standing start.

His work covers all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law with a particular emphasis on business protection and confidentiality, TUPE, negotiating the beginning and end of employment relationships for employers and senior executives and day-to-day employment advice for businesses and individuals. James has experience working for clients in the film and TV sector as well as the wider creative industries.