Investment funds
Advisory
Advising various banks, funds and investment clients on contracts, policies, and employee relations issues.
Senior Manager & Certification Regime
Preparing a suite of contracts and policies for the implementation of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime.
Advising a foreign bank on the exit of two FCA-regulated individuals involved in alleged misconduct, including working with regulatory colleagues on regulatory reference and reporting obligations.
Bespoke training
Delivering behaviour in the workplace training to boards and senior managers of various financial institutions.
Employment
Employment documentation
Preparing and implementing employment contracts and policies for companies in the luxury brand, retail and financial services sectors.
Drafting and negotiating terms of board level appointments and exits for various high profile individuals in the sports and PR industries, involving complex restrictive covenants and share-related issues.
High profile litigation
Advising a group of senior employees in relation to a high profile, multi-million dollar dispute against a US insurance giant concerning unpaid bonuses, and advising companies and senior executives on claims related to leaver status (impacting their shares) and fraud allegations.
Managing employment tribunal cases involving claims for unfair dismissal, TUPE failures and discrimination, and defending a well-known client against a complex share-related claim from its former CEO.
Redundancies and restructures
Managing collective and individual redundancies for companies during site and stores closures and restructures, and advising a dance company on dancer redundancies.
Internal investigations
Assisting with the firm’s appointment as external investigator to various sensitive grievance and disciplinary investigations involving discrimination allegations, and co-ordinating clients’ outsourcing of such investigations to independent third parties.
Multi-jurisdictional advice
Advising various Plc’s on multi-jurisdictional restructuring and outsourcing projects, including co-ordinating advice from local counsel and assisting with strategy.
Senior Manager & Certification Regime
Assisting financial services clients on the implementation of the Senior Manager and Certification Regime by drafting contract and policy updates, and advising on related issues involving disciplinary action, internal investigations and regulatory references.
Absence management
Advising clients on managing sensitive employee absences, including occupational health intervention and disability discrimination risks.
Data protection
Advising companies on data subject access requests and fair processing of employee data, and how to limit potential damage.
Transactional support
Advising on the employment aspects of corporate and real estate transactions (both share and asset sales), including employee due diligence, reporting on potential liabilities and drafting transactional documentation.