We have a specialist team acting for
senior executives, so we are able to deal
with the problems which senior
executives commonly face. People who work
in the city, in financial services we
also act for professionals such as lawyers, doctors
and directors of companies - so people who
are on the boards of companies.
If you look at the sort of life history
of an employee the first issue is
joining the new organisation and the
contracts of employment or partnership
agreements. Those agreements often quite
complex and can well be one-sided and
then most commonly, probably, it's the end
of that relationship - the restrictive
covenants or post-termination
restrictions, whatever you want to call
them, they keep us very busy.
It's having the ability to understand
the client situation - which we really do
having had so many years of experience.
We understand the client situation and we
know how to get the best resolution for the client.
It's not just the legal claims
which may be relevant,
for senior execs reputation, career
progression, those are absolutely
critical and it's all very well being
very dry and saying: "you have this claim or
that claim", but those maybe secondary
considerations to ensuring that that person's
career is protected and they're able to
carry on,
probably somewhere else, in the best way
possible.
Many of us in the team have years of
experience of acting for individuals
we all know the law inside out but
often in these kind of situations it's
actually about knowing those other touch
points for an employer and surrounding
circumstances that can really assist an
individual in their negotiating position
and that's where our experience really
counts - having years of knowing what the
touch points are for the employer
really enable us to get the best outcome for
those kind of individuals.
