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Alistair French

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

alistair.french@keystonelaw.co.uk

“Mr French is extremely professional, personable, knowledgeable and in conjunction with being an extremely good listener, he navigates to the legal heart of the matter expeditiously, concisely and emphatically.”

- Senior magic circle lawyer

Alistair is a seasoned adviser to individuals and businesses on the full spectrum of employment law-related issues.

On the individual side, he has long experience of working for senior executives in disputes with banks, hedge funds, asset managers, private equity houses and insurers. He gets optimal results for employees, partners and LLP members in law and accountancy practices. His work is not limited to the City: he has achieved successful outcomes for tech entrepreneurs, developers, advertisers, fashion designers and retailers, actors and dancers.

On the business side, Alistair advises employers in a broad range of sectors on all manner of workplace matters. Primarily his work for business is non-contentious: drafting and advising on contracts, policies, and putting in place structures to avoid Tribunal.

Expertise

Alistair advises senior executives and employers on severance negotiations, bonus disputes, discrimination, whistleblowing, maternity and paternity issues, restrictive covenants, disciplinary procedures, and employment litigation.  

Experience

  • Acted for a desk-head inter-dealer broker on a whistleblowing matter as well as multiple strands of discrimination (race and sexual orientation) and secured a seven-figure settlement. 
  • Fought the CEO of an international bank’s personal injury and disability complaints, achieving a very favourable exit package. 
  • Navigated smooth exits for a group of senior LLP members at a big-four accountancy firm, avoiding expensive litigation and the enforcement of aggressive post-termination restrictions. 
  • Advised a professional dancer in his discrimination complaints against a world-famous London company and its artistic director. 
  • Defended a recruitment agency in a High Court action against attempts to prevent it trading; resisted action to enforce restrictive covenants against the founders of the agency. The business survived and thrives. 

 

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Recognised by Chambers UK for Employment: Senior Executives 2019, 2021–2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Employment: Senior Executives 2019, 2021–2026

Recommended by The Legal 500 in Employment: Employers 2019, 2021 

Top Recommended Lawyer in the Spear’s Employment Lawyers Index 2021–2022 

“He was extremely supportive and I was in no doubt that he absolutely secured the best deal for me.”

Chambers UK 2025

Alistair qualified as a solicitor in 2005. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2019, he worked at the following firms: 

  • BDBF 
  • Stewarts Law 
  • Travers Smith 
  • Clifford Chance