Michelmores’ Employment team acts at the forefront of the constantly evolving employment law landscape, supporting senior executives and individuals across contentious and non-contentious legal challenges.
James Baker
Partner
The team is composed of highly skilled professionals with deep expertise in their respective fields. Their ability to navigate complex legal issues with precision and insight is unparalleled. The team’s prompt and proactive communication is highly valued. They are always available to address concerns and provide updates, ensuring clients feel supported throughout the legal process. The team is forward-thinking, constantly seeking innovative solutions to legal challenges
Legal 500 2026
Our specialist employment law team provides swift, sensitive and insightful advice for professionals dealing with negotiations, incentive arrangements, terminations and restrictive covenants, or other high-value employment disputes.
Acting for senior executives of PLCs, and founders and board members involved in family businesses, we have negotiated settlement agreements ranging from tens of thousands to many millions of pounds.
We also offer expert immigration advice enabling you to experience a new life in the UK. Whatever your employment goal, our team is there to help make it happen.
When legal challenges mean you need support making your next move, our team, Band 1 rated in the Legal 500 rankings, is ready to act. We work across all sectors, and draw in expertise from across our wider firm, to ensure that our clients get the very best advice.
For information on our approach to pricing for Employment issues for individuals please click here.
Advising a senior executive in the construction industry who was being ‘set up’ as having acted negligently by the CEO, with a view to his being ‘exited’. The client retained his role and the CEO was removed from the business by the Non-Executive Board
Advising a CEO of a US owned tech company in relation to an ‘exit-strategy’ in order to preserve his entitlement to share options worth over £8m
Advising an international overseas celebrity in respect of a new business venture with US partners, to include negotiation of profit share terms and reservation of intellectual property rights
Acting for an international energy executive who was dismissed and forced out of the industry by his former employer, in prosecuting whistle-blowing claims for automatic unfair dismissal and detriment
Representing a US based client employed in the UK and working out of Austria in respect of breach of contract claims relation to share options, and unlawful deductions from wages brought against their former employer
