Tom Williams > PwC LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Tom Williams
Work Department
Employment
Position
Tom is a Partner is the Employment practice.
Career
Tom has almost 20 years’ experience advising household name clients at the highest level on their UK and international HR legal challenges.
Tom heads the firm’s industrial relations practice, focussing on helping employers manage their trade union related issues. He has extensive experience of supporting unionised employers on a wide range of challenges, including defending High Court litigation arising from industrial disputes, managing global trade union strategy, consultation/ negotiations with unions and employee forums and the setting up of and consultation with European Works Councils.
Tom is an expert on worker status and pay governance, supporting clients in the gig-economy and more broadly on NMW, IR35 and worker and employment status issues.
Tom draws his clients from a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on retail and consumer clients.
Legal 500 2021, notes that Tom ‘has extensive industrial relations and national minimum wage practical experience. He has an excellent strategic brain and is also very pragmatic and innovative in his thinking.’
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employers
PwC LLP represents a range of household names in restructurings, HR matters and industrial relations, often with a cross-border element. The team is led by Chris Perkins, who is experienced in advising on global HR policy implementation, compliance and recruitment. He is supported by litigator Ed Stacey, who handles pay disputes and discrimination claims. Industrial relations expert Tom Williams and barrister Tilly Harries are also core parts of the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Customs and excise
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Property finance