Employment | UK

Brodies offers expert employment advice to a wide range of clients from the finance, education and energy sectors. The firm is adept at assisting with investigations into bullying and harassment allegations, as well as with employment tribunals. The team has impressive experience in TUPE issues, restructuring and discrimination matters. It continues to assist clients with mediations as well as advising on data protection issues.

Burness Paull offers comprehensive coverage of employment law issues with extensive expertise in TUPE, discrimination matters and holiday pay issues. The team is also adept at handling trade union matters and industrial relations law. Well known for regularly advising high-profile clients from the energy, media and sport sectors. It also stands out for supporting employers throughout the UK as well as internationally.

Clyde & Co offers support across the whole range of employment issues. The team acts in employment tribunal cases, with particular strength in whistle-blowing, discrimination, bullying and unfair dismissal claims. Clyde & Co also advises on worker status and industrial action matters.

CMS offers advice across a wide range of employment issues, with the firm particularly recognised for its work with large financial services clients. It also advises clients in the energy and industrial engineering sectors. Its international network allows the team to handle complex cross-border employment issues. CMS advises clients on employment litigation, regularly handling disputes in tribunals and in the higher courts, with particular activity on claims regarding whistle-blowing, discrimination and pay.

Morton Fraser MacRoberts advises both private and public sector clients on a diverse range of employment issues. The team has extensive experience in employment tribunals as well as notable expertise in matters relating to equal pay. The group advises senior employers on a wide range of matters, including terminations and exits. The team also handles TUPE transfers. In November 2023, Morton Fraser and MacRoberts merged; the combined firm is called Morton Fraser MacRoberts.

Pinsent Masons offers advice on a wide range of issues, with particular strengths in employment tribunal representation, senior executive disputes, restructurings and equal pay issues. The team houses a deep bench of practitioners with experience acting for high-profile clients in the energy and finance sectors, and is notable for its experience in handling multi-jurisdictional employment matters.

Addleshaw Goddard advises clients across the whole spectrum of employment law, with particular expertise in assisting clients from the energy, retail and transport sectors. The strengths of the team include advising on restructuring and outsourcing projects. Addleshaw Goddard has expertise in TUPE and large equal pay cases. The team is sought out for its expertise in handling senior executive issues, with further experience handling unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.

BTO Solicitors offers employment law advice to public and private sector clients across Scotland, often working with educational institutions and local authorities. The team is respected for its healthcare work, particularly its expertise in handling complex disciplinary matters. The group handles discrimination, whistle-blowing, TUPE and outsourcing matters.

Dentons offers comprehensive employment law advice to clients in the transport, finance, and food and drink sectors. The team has noticeable strength advising on senior exits and outsourcing work, with experience of employment tribunal advocacy. Dentons also handles matters relating to TUPE and industrial action. The team is able to leverage the firm's national and global network of offices to assist with UK-wide and cross-border employment matters. It has further strength acting for unions and their members on pay issues and strike action.

Harper Macleod advises a diverse mix of employers and senior executives, ranging from public sector clients to sports and third-sector organisations. The firm advises on all employment law matters, with extensive experience in TUPE and in issues related to business insolvency. The Harper Macleod team handles contentious matters such as whistle-blowing, dismissal and discrimination claims.

Shepherd and Wedderburn handles a wide range of complex employment issues, with particular strengths in TUPE issues, collective redundancies and restructurings. The team maintains a strong presence representing clients in employment tribunal disputes, including discrimination and whistle-blowing defence. Shepherd and Wedderburn advises clients in the education and energy sectors as well as financial services organisations.

Blackadders is an established firm with a presence across the whole of Scotland. The team offers advice to both employers and employees across a diverse range of employment issues, including expertise in employment tribunal representation. Blackadders handles employment issues arising from M&A activity. The team advises clients in the construction and engineering sectors.

Burges Salmon has a well-regarded employment team with expertise in the energy, leisure and finance sectors, among others. It acts for high-profile clients on a range of employment matters, including employment tribunal cases regarding claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination, breach of contract and harassment, as well as TUPE matters and whistle-blowing claims.

gunnercooke undertakes a broad range of employment matters, advising on senior executive exits, discrimination claims, unfair dismissals, TUPE matters and whistle-blowing issues, among others.

Shoosmiths handles employment work for a range of clients in both Scotland and elsewhere. The team works in areas such as equal pay claims and holiday pay disputes.