Richard Santy > Mills & Reeve LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
78-84 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2AB
England
Richard Santy

Work Department
Employment.
Position
Richard is a partner in the employment team based in Birmingham. Whilst Richard advises clients on all aspects of employment law, he is considered to be a litigation specialist. Richard conducts his own advocacy in tribunal and has represented a number of major clients in high profile cases over the past 12 months. This has included two hearings in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.
Career
Trained Hammonds Suddards Edge (now Squire Sanders); qualified 2002; partner 2009; head of employment team, Birmingham, Shoosmiths; partner Mills & Reeve 2014-date.
Memberships
ELA.
Education
Barr Beacon Language College; University of Birmingham (1999 LLB (Hons)); Birmingham Law School (2000 LPC, Commendation).
Leisure
Richard is a member of Moor Hall and Kings Norton Golf Clubs. Richard is also an Aston Villa fan.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Employment > Employment
(Leading partners)Mills & Reeve LLP regularly works with high-profile clients across the private and public sectors. It continues to advise on many complex employment cases, and has supported numerous corporate and major projects. Jog Hundle has an enviable reputation in the health and care sector. Hundle often advises on the employment aspects of mergers, as well as disputes with medical staff. Richard Santy focuses on the commercial and sports sector, and has a particular emphasis on complex litigation. Richard Barker frequently works with key private sector employers. Nick Abbott retired in December 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Construction
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Property litigation