Helen Watson > Aaron & Partners LLP > Chester, England > Lawyer Profile
Aaron & Partners LLP Offices
5-7 GROSVENOR COURT
FOREGATE STREET
CHESTER
CH1 1HG
England
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Helen Watson
Work Department
Employment Law
Position
Partner & Head of Employment Law
Career
Helen has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious, including negotiating and drafting, TUPE disputes and large scale redundancies, trade union disputes, discrimination and harassment cases, and Employment Tribunal representation. Helen undertakes all of her own advocacy at tribunals and gained higher rights of audience in 2005.
Education
Helen studied criminology and French at Keele Univeristy, before attending Chester College of Law. She also has a Masters degree in industrial relations and employment law.
She is currently studying for a PhD in employment law, with a particular focus on equality legislation and discrimination law.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Employment > Employment
The employment team at Aaron & Partners LLP, has through Ben Mason , a strong reputation for its specialism in sports-related matters, large-scale restructures, TUPE and corporate support work. Mason also has a specific focus on financial, IT, manufacturing and the care sector. Chester-based Helen Watson , co-heads the department, and advises clients in the public and private sectors on contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
North West > Employment > Employment
A ‘superb’ employment team which is widely praised by clients for its in-house management training offering that includes mock tribunals, Aaron & Partners LLP is active in a number of sectors advising on the full range of employment issues. The department is led by Helen Watson, an experienced individual with a broad contentious and non-contentious practice that includes, but is not limited to, representing clients in complex unfair dismissal, discrimination and breach of contract claims, addressing GDPR queries. and guiding clients through collective redundancy processes. Claire Brook handles senior executive departure mandates alongside being regularly sought out by retainer clients for compliance advice, contract reviews and regulatory updates, while Adam Haines has been involved in large-scale workforce restructuring matters for global companies, in addition to other mandates. Paul Hennity has been particularly active in Employment Tribunal proceedings.
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Transport
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction