Hall Of Fame

Next Generation Partners

Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx in South East

B P Collins LLP

B P Collins LLP advises employers and employees on the full gamut of contentious and non-contentious employment issues, with a specialist focus on enforcing and resisting restrictive covenants claims and directors’ duties, as well as managing executive exits. Jo Davis leads the practice and is recognised for her employment litigation experience. Kathryn Fielder acts for corporate clients on restrictive covenants, TUPE, employment status and redundancy matters, as well as discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claims at tribunal. Alix Beese was a new arrival in 2023.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jo Davis


Autres avocats clés:

Kathryn Fielder; Alix Beese; Greg Clark


Les références

‘BP Collins provided a very professional service.’

‘In my opinion, BP Collins went over and above the levels of care and service, which in my mind is a rare commodity these days. They listened to my issues and managed the situation brilliantly and ultimately to a successful conclusion.’

‘Kathryn Fielder was outstanding in her professionalism, politeness and empathy towards me and she, in my opinion, went above and beyond to help me.’

Principaux clients

National House Building Council (NHBC)


His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi


2K Polymer Systems Limited


CPI TMD Technologies Limited


Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd


BIC UK Limited


Ceva Animal Health Limited


Hawkins Brown Architecture Limited


CliniMed (Holdings) Ltd


Rico Logistics Ltd


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising His Highness Sheikh Khalid bin Saqr Al Qasimi in his long running litigation against his former Personal Assistant, which is now being appealed to the Employment Appeals Tribunal for the third time.

Blaser Mills Law

Blaser Mills Law advises large commercial clients on employee relations, updating policies and training HR teams, and maintains its deep sector expertise across the automotive, insurance, technology and higher education sectors. Practice head Noel Deans advises senior executives, FTSE100 companies and global corporate clients on the full range of employment-related matters. James Simpson’s expertise ranges from handling executive dismissals to advising on data protection employee benefits; his recent focuses include advising on GDPR projects and acting as data protection officer for clients.

Responsables de la pratique:

Noel Deans


Autres avocats clés:

James Simpson; Sharron Bhandal; Katherine Bridge


Les références

‘The team we have dealt with at Blaser Mills are very approachable, efficient and provide a thorough service. We felt confident in their understanding and ability to handle our case from the outset. ’

‘Noel Deans is affable and provides sound legal advice. He showed an immediate understanding of our legal issue and filled us with confidence in his ability to handle any complexities.

‘Personalised, strategic, thorough, honest and unique approach. It is clear that the Blaser Mills team works in a united, efficient, personal and innovative way to deliver the best outcomes. Value for money is excellent. ’

Dentons

Dentons acts for clients including major private equity funds, international corporations and governmental agencies on the full range of critical employment mandates, with deep sector expertise across the retail, transport, technology, media and telecoms industries. Head of practice Sarah Beeby  is extremely well-regarded in the space and is ‘exceptionally knowledgeable, decisive and commercially astute’Verity Buckingham  is a name to note for senior exits, supporting corporate transactions and defending both tribunal and appeal tribunal claims.

Responsables de la pratique:

Sarah Beeby


Autres avocats clés:

Verity Buckingham; Victoria Albon; Helena Rozman


Les références

‘Helena Rozman and Verity Buckingham are both very good at dealing with complex multi-day trials and challenging litigants in person.’

‘Dentons always provides us with practical and pragmatic advice and detailed monthly time analysis with their invoices. We engage them on an annual retainer and have a dedicated team to provide us with Employment Law advice, which ensures they understand our business and ways of working. We also get in person annual legal update sessions which help to build the relationship with our HR team. Their pragmatism and ability to handle a wide range of often complex ER matters/challenges has proved to be invaluable in ensuring we resolve all matters satisfactorily whilst mitigating legal risk. ’

‘Sarah Beeby has developed a great team leading by example and she personally always finds time to provide advice when needed. All members of her team are competent and capable of delivering the requisite advice as and when needed. It is a pleasure to work with this team and they really do help us to successfully resolve our wide range of ER issues and challenges. ’

Principaux clients

KKR


Ministry of Defence


HSBC Bank plc


Arbuthnot Latham & Co Ltd


Oz Earth Limited


Octopus Investments Limited


Network Rail Infrastructure Limited


Govia Thameslink Railway Limited


TUI UK Limited


Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited


Wizz Air Limited


3M United Kingdom Plc


LGMG Europe B.V.


Drax Corporate Limited


Rackspace Limited


Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd


American Eagle Outfitters Inc


Royal Albert Hall


Covenant House International


Cognita Schools Limited


Principaux dossiers


  • Providing employment law support to 3M in the UK, and co-ordinating advice throughout the EMEA region on region wide employment law issues.
  • Advised Rackspace on the restructuring of its operations in the UK and coordinated advice across numerous other jurisdictions.
  • Acting as an extension of the Royal Albert Hall’s HR team, advising on all manner of HR and employment law issues.

IBB Law

IBB Law is known for its deep expertise when it comes to managing largescale employment projects, including redundancy and TUPE situations. Employment tribunal claims and breach of restrictive covenants are other key focuses for the team. Practice head Richard Devall advises key clients on the entire spectrum of complex employment-related work. Justin Govier acts for SMEs and corporates on matters ranging from strategic employment plans to defending whistleblowing, discrimination and TUPE claims.

Responsables de la pratique:

Richard Devall


Autres avocats clés:

Justin Govier


Les références

‘Highly pragmatic business approach, coupled with exceptional expertise. Very capable in connection with complex cross-border and matters involving large corporates.’

‘Justin Govier and Richard Devall are standout practitioners who can capably and efficiently handle sophisticated matters.’

Principaux clients

Clancy Group plc


Renault Retail Group


Link Theory


Volume Group Limited


Principaux dossiers


  • Advised Volume Group Limited on the sale of its shares in Qbox Corp Ltd to Cyara Inc.
  • Advised a taxi company in relation to an employment tribunal class action by more than 200 drivers for determination of worker status and holiday pay; and a union recognition agreement with UNITE.
  • Providing day to day employment advice to a global digital transformation company, including advising on disciplinaries and redundancies.

Sherrards Solicitors LLP

The ‘astute, rigorous and extremely professional’ team at Sherrards Solicitors LLP acts for a diverse client base and handles both contentious and non-contentious matters. Mark Fellows leads the practice group and stands out as an ‘excellent business partner and legal advisor’ and for ‘bringing sensible and empathetic resolutions to employment law challenges’. Emma Peacock advises employment clients on business immigration law and Emma O’Meara is a key contact for data protection and GDPR issues.

Responsables de la pratique:

Mark Fellows


Autres avocats clés:

Emma Peacock; Emma O’Meara


Les références

‘The team are a delight to work with, astute, rigorous and extremely professional. They listen to all the requirements and explain things in a straightforward way with unnecessary legal jargon and give both options and solutions for informed decision making. Regular updates and forums to keep us informed and on top of our game. ’

‘Both Mark Fellows and Emma O’Meara are always on hand and give us the confidence that we feel as if we have our own legal in house advisors. Both with an immense fountain of knowledge that helps take the stress out with their pragmatic no nonsense and skilful approach.

‘The team is knowledgeable, approachable and explain their advice in ‘layman’s terms’ which is very helpful.’

Principaux clients

Air Business Limited


Winkworth Franchising plc


F H Bertling Limited


B3 Living Limited


Alpi UK Limited


TOCA Social


Shoosmiths LLP

Shoosmiths LLP handles complex employment issues including TUPE, post-termination restrictions, immigration, IR35, employee data and employee tax. Practice head Gwynneth Tan comes highly recommended by clients as ‘dedicated to ensuring no detail goes overlooked and always prioritises her clients’ satisfaction’. ‘Exceptional employment lawyer’ Simon Fennell has an established reputation representing automotive sector clients and assists with the full range of both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Gwynneth Tan


Autres avocats clés:

Simon Fennell; Amy Frost; Jessica Pearson; Siobhan Atkin; Navi Atwal


Les références

‘Amy Frost, Gwynneth Tan, and Jessica Pearson possess distinct yet equally valuable skill sets. Amy exhibits both a wealth of knowledge and a calm demeanour. Gwynneth is dedicated to ensuring no detail goes overlooked and always prioritises her clients’ satisfaction. Jessica has a remarkable ability to connect with people and keep them at ease.’

‘Simon Fennell is my go to employment lawyer, I wouldn’t go anywhere else. His knowledge level is second to none but also has the commercial and pragmatic element that is needed for a very busy in-house GC with very little time! ’

‘Amy Frost is the complete package. Having worked with her on several cases, I have always been struck by her steadfast determination to always achieve the best possible result for the client no matter the circumstances. Her creativity and ability to think outside the box are undoubtedly her greatest strengths. You want her in your corner when defending difficult Tribunal claims. ’

Principaux clients

The White Company (UK) Limited


Ten Entertainment Group


University of Northampton


BEN – Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund


Apparel Brands Limited


Back Market UK Limited


Volkswagen Group


Nissan Motor (GB)


Renault Europe Group


Scania (Great Britain)


Playground Games


Fossil (UK)


Ann Summers


FutureLearn


Canal & River Trust


Keysoe International Limited


Waam3D Limited


Full Support Healthcare Limited


Design Reality Limited


Solifi Ltd


Shaw&Scott


Electrolux plc


Engineering Industry Construction Board (ECITB)


Coopervision


WeWork International


Tingdene Group


Billing Finance


Red Helix Ltd


The Francis Crick Institute


Key Media UK Limited


Everyman Media


Motorway Online


Bambino Mio


Premfina


Aeropak Chemical Products Limited


Shaw+Scott


Socitm Advisory


Brandon Hall Hotel


Hughes Network Systems Limited


Mirakl Limited


Black Box Network Services Limited


The Ice Cream Alliance


Equita Limited


Mintec Limited


Principaux dossiers


  • Advised The White Company in connection with the successful defence of tribunal claims and strategic advice in connection to the negotiations of contract terms for senior executives.
  • Advising Everyman media group in connection with the application of TUPE regarding the acquisition of two cinemas, training of the Operations Group and strategic advice to the People Team.

Debenhams Ottaway

Debenhams Ottaway is well known for its expertise advising on grievances, redundancies, restructurings, employment tribunal representation, employment due diligence, TUPE transfers and restrictive covenants. Louise Attrup specialises in restrictive covenants, data theft, and advising senior executives and board directors. Michael Kerrigan lends his expertise to complex disciplinary matters, employment status disputes, social media issues pertaining to employment and protecting confidential information post-termination.

Responsables de la pratique:

Louise Attrup


Autres avocats clés:

Michael Kerrigan


Les références

‘The team demonstrates a commitment to understand our business and how to add value in the service they provide.’

‘Michael Kerrigan has assisted us in resolving/negotiating settlements in a few challenging tribunal claims over 2023. He adopts a direct and transparent yet thorough approach in advising us on risks and also in dealing with our clients as co-respondents. He is patient, professional and has the ability to communicate legal issues and worst case scenarios in simple language.’

‘Very energetic, passionate team. Clearly enthusiastic about providing legal advice. Modern feel to the firm. ’

Principaux clients

Brook Street


Portas Agency


Fujitsu General Air Conditioning Ltd


Sigma Imaging Ltd


Freeths LLP

Freeths LLP has a robust track record for all aspects of employment law including restructurings, TUPE, staff policies and procedures, tribunal claims, and corporate support. Hospitality and leisure, and education are core sectors of focus for the ‘experienced team’, which is headed up by Christopher Sing, who is a key name for contentious matters in the space. Toni Hudson acts for corporate clients on a range of employment issues, including TUPE advice, redundancy and complex discrimination claims.

Responsables de la pratique:

Christopher Sing


Autres avocats clés:

Toni Hudson


Les références

‘National coverage. Experienced team.’

‘Christopher Sing is very sensible in his approach to cases.’

‘The team at Freeths are always available and able to provide commercial advice on a wide-ranging number of employment issues at an affordable rate.

Principaux clients

Helly Hansen UK Limited


London Luton Airport


Travis Perkins Plc


Sports and Leisure Management Limited


Lyreco UK Limited


Musto Limited


Gapuma (UK) Limited


Burrows Motor Company Limited


Brioche Pasquier UK Limited


Masternaut


Oxford Brooks University


Santa Maria UK Limited


Deutsche Telekom Global Business Solutions Limited


Laine Pub Company


Niftylift Limited


Chesterfield College


Brewhouse and Kitchen (including Warm Hearth and Knott End Pub Company Ltd)


The Dragon School Trust


Sports & Leisure Management (‘Everyone Active’ brand)


Derby college group


Joseph Limited


Dawsongroup plc


DK Group Investments Limited


Royal United Service Institute (RUSI)


Triad plc


Childbase Partnership


Yokohama H.P.T Limited


Micheldever Tyre Services Limited


Howes Percival LLP

Howes Percival LLP has particular expertise in dealing with complex tribunal claims, redundancies and restructuring, TUPE issues, enforcement of restrictive covenants and senior executive exits. Experienced tribunal advocate and head of practice Simon deMaid  routinely handles employment tribunal claims, largescale redundancies and restructures and complex executive employment terminations. Hannah Pryce is another important point of contact within the group.

Responsables de la pratique:

Simon deMaid


Autres avocats clés:

Hannah Pryce; Anna Bithrey


Les références

‘The team are great and really do pull together as a team in order to give a smooth and seamless service. The appropriate fee earner is always allocated to the work, which I appreciate. Advice is given in a no-nonsense way, clearly and effectively.’

‘Professional, friendly and responsive.’

‘Simon deMmaid has looked after our business for several years. Always helpful, reassuring and finds the best direction to handle all situations.’

Principaux clients

AFL Hyperscale


Alphacure Limited


Avon Cosmetics


Barton Petroleum Limited


Clare James Automotive Limited


Dachser Limited


LSH Auto UK


Milton Keynes College


P J Care Limited


Radius Group Limited


Steven Eagell Limited


Stonbury Limited


Principaux dossiers


  • Acted for a consortium of retail automotive sector clients in the high profile acquisition of 19 individual Toyota and Lexus dealerships from Marshalls Motor Group.
  • Defended an Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal brought against a retail sector client following a large scale restructure of one of its divisions in the UK.
  • Acted for a specialist UV lamp manufacturer on an intra-group transfer to outsource its UK manufacturing operations to China, along with the streamlining of their existing UK operations.

Longmores Solicitors LLP

Praised for his ‘attention to detail to a degree not often found’, Richard Gvero heads the employment practice group at Longmores Solicitors LLP and advises on largescale reorganisations and redundancy exercises, TUPE issues and all aspects of employment disputes. Miranda Mulligan  is often engaged in disciplinary investigations for clients, as well as preparing contracts of employment, and bringing and defending complex tribunal claims.

Responsables de la pratique:

Richard Gvero


Autres avocats clés:

Miranda Mulligan


Les références

‘Richard Gvero has not only advised me from a legal perspective but also been hugely supportive and understanding during a particularly challenging time.’

‘All dealings with Longmores have been excellent.’

‘Miranda Mulligan has provided invaluable support. Most importantly, her approach means that I trust her. She ‘got’ the case quickly and got to grips with what I consider to be a complicated set of circumstances with many individuals involved. She approached it with a thoroughness and eye for detail that makes engaging legal assistance so worth it. She is all over the details, dates, individuals, and facts of the case. Her relationship with the barrister used for the case is excellent and this brings so much more value.’

Principaux clients

Hurford Salvi Carr Property Management Ltd


Transport Planning Associates Ltd


Assist Security Group


Abbot’s Hill School


Principaux dossiers


  • Advising a leading security group as the Respondent in complex multiple tribunal proceedings by two former employees.
  • Advising employer client in relation to serious disciplinary issues with one of its employees.
  • Advised client regarding senior employee resignation to work for a major competitor in breach of restrictive covenants.

Machins Solicitors LLP

Machins Solicitors LLP‘s team acts on the full spectrum of employment issues. Jackie Cuneen focuses on advising TMT sector clients on collective redundancies, business acquisitions and sales, and TUPE transfers; she heads the practice with David Rushmere, who has significant expertise in employment tribunal proceedings.

Responsables de la pratique:

Jackie Cuneen; David Rushmere


Les références

‘What makes Machins a pleasure to work with is the fact that they all respond promptly and efficiently to our requests for help – which in a busy environment is so essential to us moving our business forward. They appreciate that time is money and therefore getting to speak to someone with the appropriate team promptly is important to us.’

‘I deal with Jackie Cuneen. she looks at things differently and with clarity. She clearly knows her stuff.’

‘David Rushmere is the best legal best professional I’ve worked with and is now our preferred and only choice for employment law advice. Not only a subject matter expert in his field, he is an adept and empathetic communicator.’

Nockolds Solicitors

Nockolds Solicitors‘ recent workload has included TUPE implications from business sales and purchases, as well as corporate restructurings and redundancies. Darren Hayward jointly leads the practice group and predominantly focuses on advising a wide range of regional, national and global employers on a full range of employment issues. Fellow co-head Gary Smith is very well experienced in the space. Principal associate Rachel Davis focuses on employer-side issues, advising on redundancy, discrimination, unfair dismissal, restrictive covenants, injunctions and whistleblowing, among other matters.

Responsables de la pratique:

Darren Hayward; Gary Smith


Autres avocats clés:

Rachel Davis; Joanna Sutton


Les références

‘Very efficient team throughout ’

‘Personable business. Darren Hayward understands our business needs and is commercially tuned in to what we require ’

‘We always enjoy working with the Employment Team at Nockolds. They have the agility to be fully flexible to whatever we need, providing the right advice tailored to our firm and always at a fair price. Going far beyond just legal advice, they support us with a range of innovative, value-adding services including consultancy, training, flexible legal resourcing and day to day HR. They are always prompt, professional and approachable, and have excellent strength in depth.’

SA Law LLP

SA Law LLP acts on behalf of a standout client base that includes major education institutions and professional sports club on a full range of complex, business-critical employment issues including discrimination claims. Chris Cook leads the team and is a key name for employment disputes and data protection issues. Beth Leng  advises on senior executive matters, particularly within the financial services sector. Christine Caffrey is also noted and has strength advising charities, educational establishments and non-profit organisations.

Responsables de la pratique:

Chris Cook


Autres avocats clés:

Beth Leng; Christine Caffrey; Gita Patel


Les références

‘SA Law provide pragmatic, commercially grounded advice on all areas of employment law.’

‘Christine Caffrey is outstanding. She gets to the heart of complex issues easily and provides spot on advice. Her written drafting is also excellent. Above all, she always has the interests of her client at the foremost of her mind, and therefore provides pragmatic advice and representation’

‘I find the emploment team at SA Law are effective, hard-working and good at understanding the client’s position and particular needs. I regularly find myself recommending them to colleagues looking for a well-run firm. ’

Principaux clients

Watford Football Club Association


Tring Park School for Performing Arts


Boxmoor Trust


Pangaea Laboratories Ltd


St Paul’s Cathedral


West London Mission


Middlesex University


De Paul UK


Oaklands College


Herts Mind Network


Principaux dossiers


  • Advised a housing association that supports vulnerable adults on claims of discrimination and unfair dismissal against a backdrop of a de-merger from its parent organisation.
  • Advised Kane International on a discrimination claim brought by a former employee who was in breach of the restrictive covenants in their employment contract.
  • Advised a London-based university widely respected for its approach to equality, diversity and inclusion, on claims of race, sex and age discrimination, victimisation, and harassment, addressing complex and sensitive legal issues relating to the highly topical subject of menopause in the workplace

Taylor Walton LLP

Taylor Walton LLP‘s team is frequently instructed to handle employment tribunals, discrimination, unfair dismissal, TUPE, holiday pay and redundancy issues. Alec Colson heads up the department and has over 20 years of experience of advising regional clients. Nicola Smyrl is another name to note and acts for employers and senior executives.

Responsables de la pratique:

Alec Colson


Autres avocats clés:

Nicola Smyrl


Les références

‘Experts in the field of Employment Law, the Team has the depth of knowledge and experience to provide detailed and informed advice no matter the complexity of the issue. Quick to respond, even if your main contact is not available, the wider Team enables the Company to always provide timely advice. The regular updates regarding changes to employment law are always well received and provide early advice on how to manage questions from staff. ’

‘Always prepared to take stock of all sides of an issue, we are then provided with well thought through and informed advice. Written drafts are always of a very high standard, clear and to the point. The speed of delivery is also excellent and you can always be assured that they will respond within a short period if not immediately available. ’

‘We have received excellent service from the practice in all the years we have been registered with them.’

Principaux dossiers


  • Advised a company on the employment aspects of a merger with another company in its group. The merger affected approximately 400 employees across 30 sites.
  • Successfully represented a company in relation to an unauthorised deduction claim from one of its directors.
  • Advised a client with over 400 staff on a range of employment law matters including 3 employment tribunal claims, holiday pay for casual workers and day to day employment queries.

Tees Law

The employment team at Tees Law is led by ‘great tactician‘ and experienced employment lawyer Robert Whitaker who is a ‘very knowledgeable lawyer’ who ‘is absolutely fastidious in preparing and managing cases’. The wider group is well experienced in TUPE, post-M&A employment issues, shareholder and director disputes, and advising senior executives on their personal employment matters. Katherine Jameson is another important contact within the group.

Responsables de la pratique:

Robert Whitaker


Autres avocats clés:

Katherine Jameson


Les références

‘I’ve worked with Tees for around 10 years now and have always found their approach collaborative and practical.’

‘Rob Whitaker & Katherine Jameson for their knowledge, practical and straightforward logical approaches, disseminating information to find a solution in good time.’

‘Tees provide a tailored and personal service, because it is a fairly small team of dedicated lawyers that genuinely want to achieve the best outcome for their clients.’

Principaux clients

Containerlift Services Limited


Kidney Cancer UK


Principaux dossiers


  • Challenging a national association’s decision to provisionally suspend an examiners certification following alleged reporting irregularities (which are disputed).
  • Advising an employer on an Employment Tribunal claim for unfair dismissal and alleged whistleblowing.
  • Advising in relation to the breach of two agreements, an equity agreement and a contract of employment, raising claims for breach of contract and estoppel with a potential value in excess of £3 million.

Moorcrofts LLP

Moorcrofts LLP has extensive experience in all areas of employment law with specific know-how when it comes to post-termination, restrictions, TUPE and restructuring matters. Teri Hunter leads the practice and Lindsey Abbot is another key port of call within the department. Matt Jenkin left the firm.

Responsables de la pratique:

Teri Hunter


Autres avocats clés:

Lindsey Abbott


Principaux clients

Big Sky Partnership Limited