UK The South Employment

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.

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.

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.

Womble Bond Dickinson has a highly regarded employment practice that acts for national and international companies on the full spectrum of employment matters. It has a strong team of experts with experience in discrimination disputes, outsourcing and the provision of strategic advice for employers across a range of other employment law issues. The team's work includes several recent examples of both contentious matters and transactional projects. The team regularly advises clients from the finance, education and retail sectors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Also noted for assisting clients with TUPE and outsourcing 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 employment tribunal.

Boddy Matthews is an employment and litigation boutique offering expertise across all areas of day-to-day HR advice, including redundancies, TUPE, restructuring and contentious cases such as tribunal claims, discrimination claims and dismissals. The firm serves a diverse client base consisting of corporates, SMEs, owner-managed businesses and senior executives. The team provides ongoing employment and HR support to national and international clients with employment issues in the UK and overseas jurisdictions.

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. Advises clients from a range of sectors including retail and technology.

Irwin Mitchell offers experience in complex tribunal representation, as well as restructurings, consultation exercises and TUPE matters. The firm maintains a strong focus on the financial services, manufacturing and retail sectors, and also has a prominent client base in the IT and technology industries.

Lester Aldridge offers substantial experience in handling employment matters for healthcare sector clients and represents a significant client base of local businesses and executives, as well as larger corporates. The firm typically advises on issues such as restructuring mandates, TUPE matters and whistle-blowing. The team's employment offering expands across the South to service clients based further afield.

Thackray Williams is recommended for its work for individuals. The team undertakes a lot of employment tribunal work, representing clients in large-scale litigation across a range of issues. Recently, these issues have included sexual harassment and whistle-blowing claims.

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.