Employment

No matter the sector, we fully understand the potential challenges of negotiating executive appointments and exits. We work closely with employers and senior executives advising them on the statutory duties of directors and the resolution of boardroom or shareholder disputes. 

• Negotiated, drafted and advised on directors’ service agreements, contracts of employment, staff handbooks and policies.
• Acted for director and part owner of a recruitment company in relation to the contentious termination of his employment and sale of his shares.
• Negotiated the termination of a senior director’s contract of employment from a large family office.
• Defended a listed British house-building company against claims of age discrimination and unfair dismissal brought by a former main board director seeking £27 million+ in compensation.
• Advised an employer on the termination of a director and shareholder and drafted and negotiated a complex settlement agreement.
• Advising a Managing Director on the termination of his employment by a TV production company.
• Acted for a private equity business on separation with the managing director of a media sector portfolio company.
• Advised UK and international shipping businesses on senior executives’ and directors’ terms of employment and employee incentive arrangements.
• Negotiated severance packages and settlement agreements and managed the departure of employees of all levels of seniority, including CEOs, CFOs, managing directors and statutory directors.
• Advising on restrictive covenants and negotiating the exit of a director on agreed terms within 48 hours.
• Advised an international biotechnology company on the severance arrangements for a director.
• Defended a private equity-backed corporate in a whistleblowing claim by a main board director.
• Enforcing restrictive covenants in the High Court against two former directors and successfully defending their constructive dismissal claims in the Employment Tribunal.

Our dedicated team of employment lawyers guide clients through disciplinary, grievance, and other internal proceedings. They are provide training to managers to reduce the risk of discrimination, unfair dismissal, or wrongful termination claims being brought against them.

• Acted for a senior police officer in a significant disciplinary case.
• Advised and supported a global financial services company throughout the grievance and subsequent disciplinary process for several complex grievances made by individuals within the sales team against their manager, which involved complaints of bullying, harassment, and discrimination.
• Advised several banks, financial services and corporate clients, and an international charity on #MeToo investigations, related disciplinary matters and the development of policies and processes to handle such issues.
• Acted for a senior partner in a large accountancy practice on disciplinary proceedings relating to allegations of harassment and helped to retain his position.
• Assisted a very senior partner through a long drawn-out investigatory and disciplinary process following allegations of bullying and harassment.
• Advised a construction client on various employment-related issues, including performance management and disciplinary issues.
• Acting for two former FX traders throughout disciplinary procedure and then following dismissal for gross misconduct in claims for unfair dismissal, and potentially High Court claims for lost bonus awards.
• Acted for the Head of Sales at an Asset Management firm in claim for unfair dismissal, settling that claim for the statutory cap, and negotiating a High Court claim for breach of contract in respect of bonus, and settling that at mediation prior to issue.
• Advised a national retail chain with several well-known high-street brands, on all aspects of day-to-day employment advisory, disciplinary and grievance, employment status, minimum wage, on call, defending tribunal claims, exits and restructurings.
• Advised on a major disciplinary and dismissal of an employee for a major Korean commercial bank.
• Acted as in-house counsel at technology companies including Synopsys, PayPal and Cloudflare, advising on all day-to-day employment matters such as employee relations, absence management, grievances and disciplinary issues and harmonising terms and conditions.

Our employment experts have extensive knowledge and experience of how the Church of England operates and work alongside Diocesan Secretaries, Heads of HR, Bishops, and Archdeacons across the UK, on a range of HR and clergy-related matters. This has given us extensive.

• Undertook a large and very complex investigation for a Church of England related charity involving serious issues of bullying and race discrimination by a Director.
• Acted for a high-profile charity in the exit of a senior executive following very serious allegations of race discrimination. This attracted significant press attention.
• Acted for a Parochial Church Council in a potential £250,000 fraud.
• Advising numerous Church of England Diocese on all aspects of employment law. This includes advice to Bishops and Archdeacons on issues involving members of the clergy. In particular, advising on the Clergy Capability Procedure, ill health processes, managing clergy exits by way of settlement agreements, and advice on freehold and common tenure issues.
• Advised a Church of England Bishop on a reorganisation across the Diocese which involved the exit of the Diocesan Secretary.
• Conducted a grievance hearing on behalf of a Church of England Bishop involving a dispute between Directors.
• Provided training to a variety of charities on a range of employment issues. In particular, Equality and Diversity.
• Acted for a Church of England charity in an Employment Tribunal claim involving allegations of Disability Discrimination and Constructive Dismissal.
• Reviewed and amended the safeguarding policy for Church of England Central Service.

Every business is different. We work closely with our clients to draft tailored employment contracts to suit their individual needs and understand the importance of having adequate policies in place. Working hand in hand with our clients to fully grasp their business needs, our expert lawyers produce bespoke policies and handbooks.

• Advised HR consultants in relation to contracts, staff handbooks and family friendly policies.
• Drafted terms of employment, contracts and staff handbooks for organisations such as Radisson (Edwardian Group London), Brookfield, ChinaWhite, Quantum Care, Ravensbourne, and Southwark College.
• Worked with the HR Director of a UK based hotel business on settlement terms of a manager exit and the roll-out of new employment contracts for the workforce.
• Represented Roy Hodgson on his departure from Liverpool FC and subsequently on his England contract negotiation.
• Acted for a major premiership football club in relation to the new contract terms for its manager.
• Advised higher education providers on contracts of employment and policies and procedures.
• Reviewed the contractual and working arrangements of UK and internationally based contractors for a UK technology company, in order to identify any employment status and employment tax related risks.
• Advised and drafted employment contracts and staff handbook for a Korean marketing company.
• Drafting a full suite of template employment contracts and policies for a new financial services business, and advising it in relation to issues arising in the recruitment of staff.
• Documented cross-border mobility policies for a financial services multinational’s expatriate employees.
• Worked with a professional services firm to re-think and modernise its policies and procedures and roll out to its workforce.
• Advised luxury hotel and hospitality groups on policies, handbooks and procedures.
• Advised on restructurings and exits, bank holiday working, family-friendly policies, and salaried and hourly workers for many well-known high-street retailers.
• Advised employers and SMEs on pandemic issues including: work-from-home and return-to-work policies, PPE, re-opening infrastructure and regulatory requirements, and risk assessments.
• Drafting a full suite of template employment contracts and policies for a new financial services business, and advising it in relation to issues arising in the recruitment of staff.
• Worked for PayPal to draft and implement family leave policies across EMEA.

Working closely with employers and individuals, our employment lawyers have considerable expertise in resolving workplace disputes through mediation, negotiating settlement agreements, through to representation on a full range of claims in the Employment Tribunal, including unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, whistleblowing, and discrimination (pregnancy and maternity, disability, race, sex,  and religion).

• Advocate for an IT company’s successful defence of 15 disability discrimination claims heard over 10 days in the Employment Tribunal.
• Acted for a retail business defending a claim for pregnancy and maternity discrimination before the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
• Acted for Sam Rush, Derby County FC, former Managing Director, in bringing proceedings for breach of contract in the High Court for compensation of £6mn, for unfair dismissal in the Employment Tribunal and defending counterclaims for over £7mn based on alleged breach of fiduciary duty and misconduct.
• Acted for a substantial firm of accountants in defending claims of unfair dismissal and discrimination before the Employment Tribunal.
• Acted for a senior trader on his claims for discrimination and unfair dismissal in the Employment Tribunal and breach of contract in the High Court. Judgment in the Employment Tribunal upholding claims for unfair dismissal and discrimination, resulting in a high-value seven-figure settlement.
• Represented a South Africa-based online gambling regulator in a UK Employment Tribunal.
• Acted for a retail business defending a claim for pregnancy and maternity discrimination before the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
• Advised on an Employment Tribunal case for a Korean fintech company, successfully striking out the claim.
• Acted for a professor against the NHS and succeeded in their unfair dismissal claim in the Employment Tribunal.
• Successfully defending a whistleblowing claim in the Employment Tribunal on jurisdictional grounds from a freelancer working in North America for a UK company with international operations.
• Conducted a Tribunal case on behalf of a group of independent schools and successfully defended a claim made by a former employee for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and religious discrimination.

Our team has particular expertise in dealing with clients in the financial services sector who are strictly regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We understand their specific needs and guide them through all employment related regulation by which they may be affected.

• Acted for global FCA regulated IM firm on cross border TUPE transfer.
• Acted for global IM firm in respect of breach of post-termination restrictions by two employees involving potential breached of their obligations to the FCA.
• Advised numerous SMCR individuals on contracts of employment including FCA remunerations codes.
• Acted for FCA-regulated high-profile individuals where there are allegations of “non-financial misconduct” which could result in reports to the FCA. In all cases, entirely successful result as the employer did not make report to the FCA.
• Acted for a senior whistleblower in a high profile whistleblowing matter about FCA regulatory breaches involving one of the largest UK financial institutions.
• Advised a chief financial officer of a company under scrutiny by the FCA who was ousted from his position without notice, allegedly because he disagreed with the company’s strategy.
• Advice to two major UK banks on the implementation of the FCA Senior Manager and Certification Regime and the consequential impact on employment documentation. Related advice to senior managers on their duties under SMCR and to various financial services companies on the extended SMCR regime due to be implemented at the end of 2019.
• Acted for a senior whistleblower in a high profile whistleblowing matter about FCA regulatory breaches involving one of the largest UK financial institutions.
• Advised a c-suite hedge fund executive on employment and regulatory implications of his exit from the business, working extensively with regulatory colleagues in relation to FCA conduct compliance.

Our health and safety experts can assist in drafting, implementing, and auditing safety management systems, in addition to advising on regular consultations with employees and their representatives.

• Advised a crew and management services company on numerous aviation industry-related employment issues including health and safety issues and disability issues relating to cabin crew and pilots, together with advice on holiday pay and working time issues.
• Advised on a lengthy negotiation with a trade union on the introduction of redundancy policy for pilots and in relation to flexible working requests with health and safety implications.
• Advising a multinational energy supplier on all aspects of health and safety relating to community programs and employee social events.
• Advised a new franchise gym venture on health and safety policies and risk assessments in relation to 24/7 gym facilities.
• Drafting health and safety policies and risk assessments for school trusts and academies.
• Advising school trusts and academies on regulatory obligations relating to the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences, liaison with the Health and Safety Executive and investigation following accidents.
• Advising an international embassy on UK health and safety requirements including policies and risk assessments.

Our skilled employment specialists advise employers and employees on performance-related issues and absence-related issues. We work with clients to advise throughout the process, including where employees have a disability.

• Advised a client on the employment law aspects of a restructuring exercise, including the closure of a number of retail outlets. Also advised on the departure of a number of senior executives as well as day-to-day assistance in dealing with grievances, under-performance and disciplinary issues.
• Acted for a senior executive to achieve a high-value settlement where they were being bullied and performance-managed out, with claims involving failure to make reasonable adjustments and disability discrimination.
• Acted against the then Home Secretary on behalf of a very senior police officer in relation to his proposed removal from his post on performance grounds. At the time this was a matter that occupied the front page of the national newspapers and headlined on main TV channels such as the BBC.
• Advised a premiership football club in relation to performance issues related to the manager.
• Assisted the owner of a biomass plant to terminate its services agreement with the manager of the plant due to continued poor performance.
• Advised a construction client on various employment-related issues, including performance management and disciplinary issues.
• Acted for an independent gold trader in respect of day-to-day employment issues, performance management and workplace contracts and procedures.
• Advised a publishing company on performance management and sickness absence issues.

Change is an inevitability with most businesses. Our team is experienced in advising on all change management issues, and the redundancy process in both private and public sector organisations. They also have extensive expertise in dealing with redundancy situations relating to business transfers and changes in service provider under the TUPE regulations.

• Advised a SW England based national employer on a major redundancy exercise across all parts throughout the UK involving election of employee representatives.
• Advised a professional services firm in relation to large scale “collective” redundancies.
• Supported a utility company on site over a period of months on internal restructuring of its people and related redundancies and role changes.
• Advising a religious charity on data protection, dismissals, redundancies.
• Advised a chain of hotels in relation to making 1,300 redundancies and in its renegotiation of contractual terms.
• Provided advice to a US entertainment technology company on the redundancy of a UK-based employee.
• Regular advice on redundancy procedures including union and employee consultation and negotiating exit packages, including recently for a major Asian IT services company, an Italian bank, a global France-headquartered power company, and a US-headquartered technology infrastructure provider.
• Advised a senior executive on whistleblowing claims that were interlinked with redundancy and grievance processes and involved other personnel at the most senior level in the United States.
• Acted in relation to collective redundancies in the UK, France, Sweden and Germany that was complicated by the interplay with the obligations to the European Works Council while at the same time fulfilling the domestic consultation process.
• Assisted 14 pilots in a redundancy class action involving 170+ pilots following the collapse of an airline, leading to successful recovery against the purchasing airline.
• Advised a leading oil and gas company on its downsizing resulting in large-scale redundancies in the UK.
• Advising the administrators of Comet on the employment law issues on the collective redundancy of 6,500 employees and on complex TUPE issues.
• Advising a leading media company on relocation and collective redundancy issues following its relocation to Media City.
• Acted for a restaurant chain for all aspects of employment advice including day-to-day employment issues including minimum wage, tips, layoff, restructuring and collective redundancy.
• Advised a cathedral on a significant restructure and redundancy programme, involving collective redundancy consultation and changes to terms and conditions of employment.
• Advised a university in relation to a complex tender and resulting staged TUPE transfer, with associated changes to terms and conditions of employment, relocation of staff and redundancies.
• Advised on a major redundancy for a large Korean commercial bank.
• Advised a global healthcare business on a successful redundancy program and on ongoing day-to-day employment matters including outsourcings, in-sourcings, re-tenderings and employee relations issues.
• Advised on a cross-border redundancy exercise involving 20 countries including communication and execution strategy.
• Advised News UK on a TUPE transfer/redundancy exercise.
• Advised Carlsberg UK on its day-to-day employment matters including a collective redundancy exercise with trade union involvement.
• Representing an IT sector company on a redundancy programme in the UK and EMEA (across 22 countries)
• Conducting a 44-country review of redundancy policies.

Confidentiality and the protection of a business’ intellectual property is paramount. Our employment lawyers have considerable experience in advising clients on how to protect their businesses through the drafting and advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements, and IP clauses. We have also helped guide our clients through bringing and defending enforcement proceedings in the High Court.

• Acted for a new firm of solicitors with regard to an asserted breach of restrictive covenant by their former  employers (another firm of solicitors).
• Acting for one of the world’s largest insurance brokers in four separate High Court interim-relief applications for misuse of confidential information and breaches of restrictive covenants, including drafting witness statements, pleadings, correspondence and settlement agreements and conducting disclosure exercises.
• Advised a high-profile client in the media sector against a well-known radio broadcaster, in a successful restrictive covenant dispute and breach of contract claim.
• Enforced restrictive covenants in relation to departed employees who set up in competition and solicited and dealt with former clients for clients in various sectors including a brand design agency, a bespoke wedding and party planner, an insurance provider, a printing business, and a leading sports agency.
• Advised a global payments business on enforcement of restrictive covenants against a senior executive moving to a competitor.
• Advised a corporate insurance broker client in relation to the implementation of its disciplinary procedure and its contractual restrictive covenants, following discovery of misconduct by an employee prior to garden leave.
• Enforced restrictive covenants in the High Court against two former directors and successfully defended their constructive dismissal claims in the Employment Tribunal.
• Advised on restrictive covenants and negotiating the exit of a director on agreed terms within 48 hours.
• Acted for a number of exiting CEOs, negotiating their exit terms and advising on restrictive covenants and LTIPs.
• Acted for a printing company whose employee had left and had acted in breach of his post-termination restrictive covenants.
• Acted for a firm of solicitors in relation to an alleged breach of post-termination restrictive covenants by one of their former employees.
• 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.
• Obtained a High Court interim injunction to enforce restrictive covenants against a former MD.
• Enforced restrictive covenants against a rival employer who had poached an employee from the client.
• Advised a high-profile global PR company on practical and strategic advice relating to the enforceability of restrictive covenant and insolvency issues arising from an LLP agreement and attempts from the former administrators to recover excess advances from former members and to a seek to require the new employer to agree to enter into a revenue-sharing agreement.
• Advised a private equity investor on the employment aspects of their acquisition of a UK-wide restaurant chain including advice on restrictive covenants post-closing conflicts of interest.
• Acted for three defendants in a High Court claim involving breach of restrictive covenants.

Our experienced employment lawyers advise employers and employees on the termination of employment and the drafting and negotiating of settlement agreements, to reflect terms of termination of employment, financial remuneration, and protection of information and property. 

• Successfully resisted a claim for payment in lieu of notice and compensation in excess of £75,000 under the terms of a settlement agreement on the basis of the claimant’s repudiatory conduct or, in the alternative, rescission of the agreement based on her fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation.
• Advised on a settlement agreement case involving the editorship of leading global news website.
• Advised on very difficult matter involving a director/founder/shareholder who had raised multiple grievances and already been offered a settlement agreement without taking legal advice.
• Assisted a luxury hotel and hospitality groups with protected conversations and settlement agreements.
• Advised US public chemicals company on the employment aspects of its acquisition of an environmental solutions technology company, including advice on management terms and unfair dismissal, negotiating settlement agreements and post-closing redundancy consultation process.
• Advised a senior employee on his exit from, and settlement agreement with, an Indian oil and gas company which ended up being an amicable departure.
• Advised a female director in the City on maternity and sex discrimination issues, leading to a very substantial termination package and a settlement agreement.

When a business changes owner, its employees may be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE). Our employment team regularly work closely with clients, guiding them through the plethora of regulations when TUPE may be applied. 

• Advised a polo club on terms and conditions for employees, service occupancy and TUPE issues.
• Advised a top world-ranking London university on a TUPE transfer.
• Acted for a major Korean restaurant chain on their intra-group TUPE transfer.
• Successfully defended a company against a c. £300,000 unfair and wrongful dismissal claim by an individual who claimed he should have been transferred pursuant to TUPE.
• Advised a university in relation to a complex tender and resulting staged TUPE transfer, with associated changes to terms and conditions of employment, relocation of staff and redundancies.
• Appearing in the Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal for the successful party in the reported case of Eddie Stobart Ltd v Moreman and others [2012] IRLR 356, a leading case on the meaning of an “organised grouping of employees” for the purposes of service provision changes within the TUPE Regulations.
• Strategic TUPE advice for a leading stud farm.
• Advised on a sensitive intra-company transfer within an aviation and defence business, which included advice on TUPE.
• Advised on a TUPE transfer of employees engaged by the client at Heathrow Airport to a new service provider.
• Advised a senior executive in a case involving a company in administration and the application of TUPE.
• Advised a private equity client developing a portfolio of schools on the implications of TUPE.
• Advising the administrators of Comet on the employment law issues on the collective redundancy of 6,500 employees and on complex TUPE issues.
• Advising a global shipping company on collective redundancy and TUPE consultation and jurisdictional issues.
• Advised global logistics company on TUPE issues arising from major outsourcing contract.
• Advised a railway transportation company on the implications of TUPE following a proposed change in service provider of it wagon maintenance services.
• Advised Wellhouse NHS Trust on all employment aspects of the Barnet Hospital (Phase 1B) PFI project, including TUPE issues. Also advised HM Treasury on all staffing issues arising on the Great George Street PFI project (Phase 1 and Phase 2).
• Successfully resolved a multi-party action brought by a union (on behalf of over 200 employees) against a facilities management company for TUPE-related claims, including protective awards.
• Advised a media company on complex TUPE provisions involved in the outsourcing of a service.
• Acted on behalf of a well-known high-street retailer to defend claims of alleged failure to comply with TUPE consultation requirements.
• Advised the acquirer on the purchase of a well-known UK snack manufacturer and related TUPE transfer.
• Defended claims for manufacturing company regarding alleged failure to inform and consult under TUPE and automatic unfair dismissal claims.
• Supported corporate lawyers on all aspects of share and asset acquisitions, complex TUPE-related issues, and training for the lawyers and their clients.
• Successfully defended Angel Services (UK) Limited in Kimberley Group Housing Ltd v Hambley, Leena Homes Ltd and Angel Services (UK) [2008] UKEAT/0488/07/RN; [2008] IRLR 682, a leading TUPE service provision change case which involved an alleged transfer of a £240m Home Office Housing contract.
• Acted for a successor company following corporate insolvency where the workforce asserted a breach of the TUPE Regulations (up to the Court of Appeal – reported case).
• Acted for a global FCA regulated IM firm on a cross-border TUPE transfer.

Recently, the Government and regulators have been working together to ensure that whistleblowers are encouraged to speak out through a raft of incentives and the promise of protection. We work closely with clients to ensure that these provisions are met with and guide them through the regulations involved. 

• Advocate for a haulage company’s successful defence of whistleblowing cases at Tribunal.
• Represented a number of senior executives, including Heads of Risk, in whistleblowing proceedings against major banks.
• Represented the UK Home Office’s most senior official in a whistleblowing claim against the Home Secretary Priti Patel.
• Acted for the high-profile whistleblower Paul Moore, in proceedings against HBOS and in giving evidence to Parliament.
• Providing expert assessment on whistleblowing risks to a major US pharmaceutical business.
• Brought proceedings on behalf of a female banker against a top-5 investment bank in respect of sex discrimination, unfair dismissal, victimisation, harassment, and whistleblowing claims. Settled at mediation for a seven-figure sum.
• Advised a multinational healthcare business on an entrenched employment dispute involving whistleblowing and discrimination allegations.
• Advised a national engineering business on very serious allegations of whistleblowing on the grounds of health & safety and helping it manage a complicated investigation process and threatened strike involving several hundred employees.
• Advised and settled a cross-border whistleblowing claim for a major international leisure business.
• Acted for the claimant in a high-profile whistleblowing claim against the NHS (Chowdhury vs Ealing Hospital NHS Trust) where the claimant was awarded a rare interim relief order securing her full pay, despite her dismissal, until trial.
• Defended a whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claim against a high-profile family office brought by its General Counsel.
• Advised a senior City fund manager on a multimillion pound whistleblowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal case in the High Court/Employment Tribunal.
• Acted in major whistleblowing cases for a hedge fund manager and a head of UK tax compliance.
• Acted for a political party association defending whistleblowing claims brought by a senior employee alleging furlough fraud and detriments.
• Represented an investment banker who was the ‘whistleblower’ regarding a rogue trader involving multi-million-pound trade losses within a European investment bank with the matter attracting significant media and regulatory interest.
• Represented Neville Thurlbeck in his claims of unfair dismissal and whistleblowing against the News of the World.

Our employment team regularly advises clients on the UK Working Time Regulations,  guiding them through compliance requirements and providing representation in the courts and tribunals. 

• Advised a civil engineering company on its employment arrangements, drafted employment contracts for on-site and office staff, updated its staff handbook, drafted policies and advised on the Working Time Directive, shared parental leave, flexible working, health and safety, and retirement provisions.
• Advised a crew and management services company on numerous aviation industry-related employment issues including health and safety issues and disability issues relating to cabin crew and pilots, together with advice on holiday pay and working time issues.
• Successful conduct of a Working Time Regulations claim through to the Court of Appeal.
• Advised an employer with a large commission-only workforce on complex working time holiday pay issues and claims relating to commission and overtime.

Our immigration experts advise businesses and individuals on the full range of employment issues, including immigration status and processes, compliance with employment provisions, sponsorship licences and duties, and applications for visas, leave to remain, and citizenship.  

• Acquired a sponsor licence for a South African Charity to enable the organisation to transfer its top medical doctors, radiographers and anaesthesiologists to the UK under the shortage occupations.
• Delivered a series of Brexit-related talks to an internationally renowned UK university for its 900 EU staff.
• Obtained and maintained sponsor licences for a large number of organisations, including those in the digital technology sector as well as start-ups.
• Acted for a FTSE 100 food and beverage company in getting its sponsor licence for the UK; and obtained intra-company transfer licences for Turkey, the US and South Africa. Managed and supported their day-to-day sponsor licence system in all aspects of immigration relating to recruiting skilled workers/directors and their families/intra-company transfers as and when required.
• Succeeded in an application to the Home Office for the Skilled Worker sponsor CEO of an international bank in circumstances which would otherwise have left him waiting for permanent residence for a further three years.
• Undertook a sponsor licence audit for a renowned gaming organisation and successfully challenged the Home Office when the licence was withdrawn.
• Assisted two Hong Kong HKEX listed companies with their Overseas Sole Representatives and the process involved in establishing their branch in the UK.
• Assisted with many entry clearance Skilled Worker applications from the UAE and Kuwait.
• Assisted care homes with obtaining Sponsor Licence to recruit foreign migration workers (nurses, social workers etc.).
• Assisted businesses with large group assignments following high-profile commercial transactions.
• Assisted with visa and leave-to-remain applications for high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs regarding personal as well as business-based applications.
• Advised on business immigration issues for a Korean marketing company.
• Advised on business immigration issues for a leading London restaurant including sponsor licence application and skilled worker visa.
• Advised and assisted a UK-based technology company in obtaining a digital skills Sponsor Licence, in order to take advantage of the Shortage Occupation in relation to those applicants with specific technology skills.
• Advised an AI consultancy start-up on the impact of its successful fundraising round, and the implications of this on its Sponsor Licence and sponsored employees.
• Advised on how to incorporate an acquired company’s Sponsor Licence into the global acquirer’s Licence, which included managing a large transaction internationally, with multiple parties and stringent deadlines, as well as the transfer of several hundred employees.
• Worked with Sole Representatives and advising them and their employers on the processes involved when establishing a trading presence in the UK.
• Supported global corporate clients and their employees with their international relocation immigration needs and offering strategic commercial advice.
• Advised a developer platform regarding an urgent Global Talent Visa Application for a critical hire.
• Advised an advanced biotechnology company on submitting Sponsor Licence. Application, assisted several critical scientific international hires. Providing ongoing immigration advice and support, providing strategic advice regarding the biotechnology sector.
• Advised an AI data platform company on submitting Sponsor Licence Application, assisted several critical international hires. Providing ongoing immigration advice and support, providing strategic advice.
• Advised highly-regarded AI company on submitting the Sponsor Licence application, critical visa applications and provides ongoing immigration advice and support.
• Assisted a venture capital fund with an urgent Skilled Worker Visa application for a critical hire for the business.