Employment is a central focus of our business, with over 170 lawyers in our team supporting our clients in managing their people. Consistently top-ranked amongst our peers for two decades, we advise UK and multinational clients of all sizes, and many of our partners are independently rated as leaders in the field. Not only do we have one of the UK’s largest employment law practices, we have truly global reach as members of Ius Laboris, the world’s leading employment law alliance, and with our Asia Pacific base in Hong Kong and our Dublin and Belfast offices.Chambers and Legal 500 have rated us as a Tier 1 practice for over a decade and this year name 28 of our partners as “leaders in their field”.Who’s Who Legal have twice named us “Global Law Firm of the Year for Labour, Employment & Pensions” for two years running. 15 of our lawyers are currently ranked in Who’s Who - substantially more than any other firm in the UK.Our culture is at the core of everything we do. It is encapsulated by our ethos of Bravery and Kindness.I am a Legal 500 recommended provider of commercial employment law advice across a broad spectrum of issues, from the drafting and negotiating of senior service agreements through to dealing with senior exits and post-termination restrictions from both sides of the fence - but never on the fence. I have substantial experience of advising employers in the defence (and avoidance) of tribunal claims, ranging from one-off disputes to high value discrimination and contractual claims. I provide robust, commercial advice to clients with HR and employee relations responsibilities, particularly in the transport, retail, technology and financial services sectors. I've worked in-house at various clients, including in the legal team at Accenture and Barclays Bank Plc, advising their HR and ER communities as well as senior stakeholders. I also receive instructions from senior executives in respect of their service agreements, exit packages and post-termination restrictions. Examples of high stakes work include:- the successful defence of claims brought by multiple claimants who had been dismissed for removal of confidential information following a redundancy exercise;- successful defence of a high-value 2-week whistleblowing claim which required calling 6 high-ranking witnesses from a banking client;- successful defence of a 2-week race and sex discrimination claim against my client and 4 named respondents.