Michael Cole > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices

31 CHERTSEY STREET
GUILDFORD, SURREY
GU1 4HD
England
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Michael Cole

Work Department
Employment, technology.
Position
Partner specialising in contentious and non-contentious employment matters for public and private sector clients; regularly undertakes advocacy in employment tribunals; advises on a wide range of employment issues; bespoke training for staff on employment issues.
Career
Articled Joelson Wilson and Co; qualified 1994; Sydney Mitchell 1994-96; Eversheds 1996-99; Penningtons 1999 to date; partner 2001.
Memberships
Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD).
Education
Bristol Polytechnic (1990 LLB Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1991 LSF).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading partners)Offering ‘very honest and comprehensive advice’, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has strength assisting clients in the implementation of employee strategy, handling restructurings and employment disputes, and employment corporate transaction matters, including TUPEs. The practice, based in Guildford, is led by Michael Cole, ‘a consummate professional’, who is highly regarded for his work in contentious and non-contentious matters, including discrimination claims, redundancy processes and high-value transactional support. Liz Cardy was recently promoted to managing associate and is regularly instructed by both employers and employees to handle Employment Tribunal matters, as well as settlement deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Employment
- Leading partners South East > Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence