James McConkey
Associate
Full service employment advice for domestic and international clients
A dedicated team of experienced employment lawyers offering bespoke advice to clients on the full gamut of employment matters.
Clients range from FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 global companies to start-ups and senior executive while the team has a particular strength in the financial services, media, technology, leisure and retail sectors.
Advice ranges from discrimination, whistleblowing and High Court claims through to redundancy and restructuring programmes, constructive and unfair dismissal, senior appointments and exits. We also advise on senior level appointments, flexible working arrangements, litigation avoidance the employment aspects of corporate transactions.
We represent many international clients, are members of the International Lawyers Network and many of our matters have entailed managing cross-border employment issues.
The advice they provide is tailored, practical and based on a very strong subject matter expertise.

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