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David Smellie

David Smellie

Farrer & Co, London

Work Department

Employment.

Position

David is head of the Employment team. He has wide experience of advising commercial and institutional clients including newspapers, magazines, banks and academic establishments. David advises on restructuring and redundancy programmes and on the complexities of the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations, as well as handling industrial disputes, team moves and individual cases. He is a regular author of Croner’s publications and writes chapters for both Butterworths Commercial and Tolley’s Personnel precedents. David was runner-up in the Employment Lawyer of the Year award sponsored by the Insiders Guide to Employment Lawyers and is given a four star rating in the same guide. He is rated as a leading expert in the field by both Chambers and Legal 500.

Career

Trained at Farrer & Co; qualified in 1989; made a partner 1996.

Languages

French.

Education

St John’s College, Cambridge (MA).

Mentions

Public sector • London

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