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
At Aaron & Partners LLP, Chester-based Helen Watson and Shrewsbury-based Ben Mason co-head the practice. Mason has a specific focus on the financial, IT, manufacturing, care and sports sectors. He covers contentious and non-contentious matters, regularly supported by senior associate Jennifer Gibson. These include complicated employment tribunal claims, employment-related issues in corporate transactions, complex restructurings, collective redundancy procedures and senior-level exits.
North West > Employment > Employment
With practitioners praised for their ‘attention to detail‘, the employment team at Aaron & Partners LLP has sector-specific expertise in the education, professional and regulated practices, automotive, leisure, and tourism industries. Leading the group from Chester, Helen Watson advises both public and private clients across the full spectrum of employment matters, and is particularly skilled in Employment Tribunals and investigations. The group also includes Claire Brook in Chester who advises employers on all aspects of employment law and is particularly experienced in Employment Tribunal claims. Employment and immigration specialist Adam Haines in Manchester is another key name in this space.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the North West
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
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 > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery