Karen Bates > Foot Anstey > Exeter, England > Lawyer Profile

Garnering praise for its ‘strong employment team with excellent knowledge’, Foot Anstey acts primarily for employers, in particular those active in the retail and consumer as well as private equity industries. Led by Karen Bates in Exeter, the team includes Joanne Boyle, a key contact in the firm’s Bristol office who counts business transformation projects amongst her areas of focus, where she assists clients with restructurings and redundancies. Private equity companies frequently turn to Angharad Davies for her sector expertise.

Foot Anstey‘s employment practice offers comprehensive support across various sectors, with particular focus on clients active in retail and private equity. The team assists clients with employment aspects of transactions, restructurings, and pensions alongside TUPE-related issues and tribunal claims. Practice head Karen Bates is well-versed in a wide-range of employment matters such as HR risk management and redundancies. Claire Holland‘s proficiency in private equity bolsters the firm’s offering to financial services clients in the context of internal reorganisations as well as domestic and cross-border deals.