Bellevue Law

Tel: +44 20 3432 2110

Web: www.bellevuelaw.co.uk

Email: [email protected]

Founder and Principal: Florence Brocklesby

Chief Operating Office: Kay Osborne

Head of Legal Practice: Susanne Hartigan

Senior Consultant Lawyers - Workplace: 18

Senior Consultant Lawyers - Commercial Disputes: 3

Other fee-earners: 3

Firm Overview:

Bellevue Law is a leading workplace and dispute resolution boutique law firm, known for combining legal expertise with holistic service, as well as for its deep-rooted commitment to doing business ethically and sustainably as one of the UK’s very few B Corp-certified law firms.

The firm has one of the largest teams of partner-level employment and partnership lawyers in the UK, advising senior executives, partners, corporate clients and professional services firms on a wide range of workplace legal issues.

Bellevue Law's clients - both individuals and business leaders - often seek its support when facing significant and difficult challenges. Much of its work comes from word-of-mouth referrals and since it started its annual client survey in 2018, clients have rated it over 9/10 on average every year when asked how likely they are to recommend it to a friend or colleague.

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Main Areas of Practice:

Senior Executives and Partners

Bellevue Law regularly acts for lawyers and financial services professionals as well as C-suite executives, technology sector employees, doctors and academics. The team has the expertise to advise clients working within a regulatory framework, partners and LLP members and those with complex remuneration packages, including deferred bonuses, long-term incentive plans and equity interests.

As a certified B Corp law firm with a commitment to positive workplace culture, the firm understands not only the commercial and cultural context of its clients’ working environments, but also their impact on how people behave and are treated at work. Its lawyers also appreciate the professional and personal pressures and sometimes profound emotional effects of facing complex legal workplace issues, and support clients with great care, including, where appropriate, a trauma-informed approach. It is well-known for its expertise in sex, pregnancy and maternity discrimination and sexual harassment, in particular often acting for senior women in professional services firms.

Employers and LLPs

Bellevue Law offers employers, LLPs and partnerships a compelling proposition: the same quality of commercially astute and strategic employment law expertise as the largest international firms, paired with the holistic, human-centred service of a B Corp-certified boutique legal practice

Its team supports clients ranging from regulated professional services firms to privately owned challenger businesses in the tech, fintech and biotech spaces and global multinational corporations. The firm's lawyers get to know its clients and their businesses well, becoming their strategic partners and able to provide pragmatic, commercial advice underpinned by profound expertise. Its model has proven equally attractive to global clients who rely on it for day-to-day HR advice and the entrepreneurial clients and professional services firms whom it supports through potentially critical legal issues.

Commercial Disputes

Bellevue Law’s Commercial Disputes team has a track record of successfully guiding clients to resolve a wide range of legal disputes. The firm's lawyers act for businesses, directors and shareholders navigating high-stakes disputes, focussing on clients’ commercial goals, creating strategies to achieve these pragmatically and cost-effectively, and providing clear advice on merits and risks, timeframes and costs, empowering clients to make informed choices.

Its clients include businesses of all sizes, from small enterprises to multinational corporations, as well as high-net-worth individuals, professionals, founders, shareholders and professional services firms.