Ranking tables
Employment | UK
The South
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Clarke Willmott LLP- Omny
TWM Solicitors LLP- Boddy Matthews Solicitors
- Clarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd
- Furley Page Solicitors
- Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP
- Sherrards Employment Law and Human Resources
- Thackray Williams
Band 1
Clive Dobbin Paris Smith LLP
David Roath Paris Smith LLP- Helen BoddyBoddy Matthews Solicitors
Band 2
Band 3
Andy Williams Stevens & Bolton LLP
Gregory Burgess DMH Stallard LLP- Jon Hales Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Kathryn Evans Trethowans LLP
Lloyd Davey Stevens & Bolton LLP
Mike Cole Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Naomi Greenwood Moore Barlow LLP
Nicola Brown Mayo Wynne Baxter
Simon Bellm DMH Stallard LLP
Stuart Lawrenson Shoosmiths LLP- Andrew MastersFurley Page Solicitors
- Emma ThompsonThackray Williams
Band 4
Abigail Maino SThree plc
Adam Williams DMH Stallard LLP
Anthony Wilcox TWM Solicitors LLP
Claire Merritt Paris Smith LLP- Colin Smith Brachers LLP (Part of Lawfront)
Kerry Garcia Stevens & Bolton LLP
Marc Long Clarke Willmott LLP
Patrick Stewart TWM Solicitors LLP- Victoria Regan Loch Employment Law
- Alex KiernanThomas Mansfield Solicitors
- Harry SherrardSherrards Employment Law and Human Resources
Up and Coming
Ben Stepney Thomson Snell & Passmore- Laura ClaridgeClarkson Wright & Jakes Ltd
Star Associates
Associates to watch
Camilla Beamish Cripps- Emily Chalkley Charles Russell Speechlys
Vicky Schollar Gardner Leader- Patrick GlencrossFurley Page Solicitors
Band 1
1 Charles Russell SpeechlysEmployment2025 | Band 1 |Charles Russell Speechlys acts predominantly for large companies, as well as smaller regional entities, with notable expertise in the financial sector as well as charities and utilities. The firm also draws on its global network of offices to provide multi-jurisdictional advice. The team has experience acting for financial services clients which extends to senior executive and international transfers.
1 DMH Stallard LLPEmployment2025 | Band 1 |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.
1 Paris Smith LLPEmployment2025 | Band 1 |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.
1 Stevens & Bolton LLPEmployment2025 | Band 1 |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 recent work with IT and technology companies, media enterprises, and food and drink producers. It has noteworthy expertise in employee privacy issues, including GDPR and employers' obligations regarding data protection law.
Band 2
2 Brachers LLP (Part of Lawfront)Employment2025 | Band 2 |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.
2 Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPEmployment2025 | Band 2 |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 whistleblowing, 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.
2 Shoosmiths LLPEmployment2025 | Band 2 |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.
2 Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLPEmployment2025 | Band 2 |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. It is also adept at advising on a range of complex contentious matters.
Band 3
3 Blake MorganEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
3 CrippsEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
3 Loch Employment LawEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
3 Mayo Wynne BaxterEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
3 Moore Barlow LLPEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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, and 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.
3 Thomson Snell & PassmoreEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
3 Trethowans LLPEmployment2025 | Band 3 |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.
Band 4
4 Clarke Willmott LLPEmployment2025 | Band 4 |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. The firm advises clients from a range of sectors including retail and technology.
4 OmnyEmployment2025 | Band 4 |Outset advises clients on the full spectrum of employment matters, with regular work on both contentious and non-contentious mandates across a broad range of sectors. The firm is noted for its experience in Employment Tribunal litigation and disputes involving executive-level employees.4 TWM Solicitors LLPEmployment2025 | Band 4 |TWM Solicitors' employment team is based in the firm's Guildford office. The group advises corporate clients on a range of employment work, including regular work on both contentious and non-contentious matters.