Employment | UK

DMH Stallard has a renowned department with a focus on general and strategic advisory work for public and quasi-public sector clients, as well as a diverse mix of private corporates. The team offers further expertise in employment litigation, with notable experience in discrimination claims and trade union negotiations. Its sector specialisms include education, local government and charities.

Paris Smith is a respected employment team, noted for its strong reputation in the local market, which acts for both employees and employers and has significant experience in acting on both sides of senior-level exits. The firm represents clients in employment tribunals and restrictive covenant actions, as well as aiding companies with employment training programmes. The team regularly advises clients from the education and transport sectors.

Stevens & Bolton is a market-leading firm with noteworthy experience in general advisory work, TUPE and restrictive matters for corporations and senior executives. The firm also offers expertise in employment-related immigration issues. The team regularly represents clients from a diverse range of sectors, including IT and technology companies, media enterprises, and food and drink producers. It has expertise in employee privacy issues, including GDPR and employers' obligations regarding data protection law.

Brachers is a respected Kent-based firm acting primarily for employers and corporate clients in the healthcare, educational and construction sectors. The firm offers expertise in the full range of employment matters, including high-profile litigation, training for employers and non-contentious advisory work, covering areas such as TUPE and restrictive covenants. The team is also proficient in data protection law.

Penningtons Manches Cooper advises UK-based and international companies, as well as high net worth individuals, on a wide variety of employment matters, covering employment litigation, discrimination claims, TUPE matters, director exits and shareholder issues. The firm also handles significant whistle-blowing, holiday pay, GDPR and international employment matters, as well as bullying and harassment claims. The team offers significant expertise in the infrastructure, technology and education sectors.

Shoosmiths has a respected practice that provides employment services to a range of household-name clients. The team's areas of expertise include litigation, as well as day-to-day general and strategic advisory work. It also frequently provides employment support to corporate transactional activity. The group has a strong practice in trade union and industrial relations matters, advising on initial requests for recognition by unions, negotiating agreements and representing its clients through the Central Arbitration Committee process.

Womble Bond Dickinson has a highly regarded employment practice that acts for national and international companies on the full spectrum of employment matters. The firm regularly assists clients with redundancies and restructuring, as well as the employment aspects of corporate and transactional matters, and is experienced in trade union matters. It is also adept at advising on a range of complex contentious matters.

Blake Morgan is a full-service firm that assists clients across a wide range of employment matters, including representation in employment tribunals. The team handles TUPE matters and outsourcing, as well as transactional and contentious matters for a range of clients from sectors such as education, retail and leisure. The firm has integrated employment and HR teams that provide wide-ranging advice on pension and immigration issues, as well as data protection advice to employers.

Cripps has a strong employment team that provides support to clients from a range of sectors including technology and media, not-for-profit and healthcare. The firm is equipped to advise clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters, including exit plans for senior executives and employment aspects of corporate transactions. The team acts for both UK companies and international clients.

Loch Employment Law is an employment boutique with a strong track record in handling the full spectrum of employment matters for both employees and employers, including senior executives and SMEs. The firm has a strong employment practice in the medical, marketing and IT sectors. The team also acts on disciplinary and performance issues, restrictive covenants and TUPE matters.

Mayo Wynne Baxter assists businesses with the full range of employment law matters, including senior departures, TUPE issues and disciplinary matters. The team is also skilled in representing employees in employment tribunal proceedings.

Moore Barlow provides strategic advice and litigation support to clients in relation to senior terminations, discrimination proceedings, redundancies and multi-claimant actions. It is often called upon to advise on internal disciplinary proceedings, business-wide reorganisations and restructuring matters. The firm additionally advises on employment aspects of business sales and acquisitions, including TUPE. It has significant experience assisting clients in the technology, financial services, hospitality and media sectors.

Thackray Williams has a well-regarded employment practice noted for its representation of both employers and individuals across a broad range of industries. As well as its expertise in employment tribunal proceedings, the firm is adept at handling senior exits and providing specialist HR support.

Thomson Snell & Passmore advises companies on employment matters such as reorganisations and senior exits, in addition to offering expertise in employment litigation. The firm acts for employer clients in defending litigation claims and advising on employee and trustee relations issues. The team's client base consists of charities, corporate employers and numerous institutions in the education sector, including schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts.

Trethowans provides employment support and TUPE advice to corporate clients from various sectors including leisure, retail, manufacturing and healthcare. The firm handles the full range of employment law issues, including restructurings, trade union recognition and immigration matters. The practitioners are experienced at defending discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.

Clarke Willmott has a strong focus on acting for clients in employment tribunals as well as advisory work relating to TUPE obligations and business restructurings. The team's areas of litigation expertise include sex discrimination, breach of contract and unfair dismissal. It provides HR support and commercial employment law advice to employer clients, as well as tribunal representation from the beginning of proceedings to the advocacy stage. The firm advises clients from a range of sectors including retail and technology.

Thomas Mansfield Solicitors provides a full spectrum of employment law support to employers and employees alike, being expert in high-stakes disputes involving senior executives in financial and professional services. The firm advises on restructures and TUPE, as well as representing clients in litigation.

TWM Solicitors offers a full service of employment law advice from the firm's Guildford office. The team advises corporate clients on a range of employment work, as well as supporting individuals on contentious and non-contentious matters, including tribunal proceedings.