Nick Humphreys > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
Nick Humphreys

Work Department
Employment, Sports and entertainment
Position
Nick is a partner in the London office specialising in both contentious and non-contentious employment work. He has particular expertise in the international aspects of employment law, industrial relations law and in the employment aspects of sport – particularly professional football. He advises on a wide range of HR problems, policies and strategy including the management of large-scale business re-organisations.
His client base includes airlines, telecommunications companies, insurers, commercial marine sector businesses, yacht sector clients, as well as senior executive clients and clients in the employment aspects of sport. Nick provides a full range of advice for his clients which includes document reviews; general employment; employment litigation in the High Court and employment tribunal; industrial relations law advice for employers; the employment law aspects of company sales and business transfers; private international law aspects of employment law; and aviation and maritime employment law.
He is the author of Trade Union Law and Collective Employment Rights (Jordan); an editor of the Sweet & Maxwell Employment Law Encyclopedia; and a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Law Service and Tolley’s Health and Safety Handbook. He is recognised by The Legal 500 as being ‘hugely experienced’ and ‘great to have in your corner’.
Career
Nick qualified in 1999 and became a partner at Thomas Cooper in 2015.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Offering a comprehensive service across the immigration, employment, corporate and commercial aspects of sports law, the Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP team is deemed to be ‘strategically astute’ by sporting associations and famous athletes. Andrew Haywood spearheads the practice, specialising in complex discrimination, business protection and disciplinary matters in a sporting context; Richard Marshall routinely advises football clubs and agents; while Nick Humphreys is experienced in High Court and employment tribunal litigation.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Residential property