Sector expertise for employers

We act for a diverse range of employer clients from international corporations and PLCs to SMEs and start-ups. We are experienced in advising employers across a range of sectors, including:

Logistics/transportation. We are the main external employment adviser to one of the UK’s leading car transportation/logistics companies.  We have successfully defended numerous employment tribunal claims on behalf of this client and have specialist experience of the legal and commercial issues affecting employee and trade union relations that arise in this sector.

Financial institutions, including small cap corporate finance houses and insurance brokers.

Private equity. We have considerable experience in advising private equity companies or management teams on management buy-outs or buy-ins, and are also able to provide independent, conflict-free employment advice to portfolio companies of private equity funds.

Hotel/restaurant chains.  We are experienced in advising employers in the hotel and restaurant sectors on day-to-day employment issues that commonly arise in those sectors as well as on transactional matters such as the application of TUPE on business sales or in outsourcing situations.  We have also successfully defended or settled on favourable terms employment tribunal claims in these sectors.

Food.  We have advised both producers and wholesale retailers in the food industry, including one of the UK’s largest producers of Asian food ingredients.

Television and film.  We have advised a number of TV and film companies and studios on a variety of employment issues in those sectors, including the drafting and negotiaiton of bespoke, industry-specific employment contracts and bonus arrangements for senior television and film company executives and producers.

Technology, including business software and on-line retail companies.

Management consultancy.  We act for a number of niche management/strategic/outsourcing consultancy employer clients who in turn provide specialist business advisory services to large corporates across a wide range of industry sectors.

For more information on the employment law services we offer to employers, please click here.