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Bates Wells Offices

Bates Wells
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Paul Jennings

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Position

Paul is a specialist employment and discrimination lawyer. He advises employers and senior executives on the full range of legal issues connected with employment, including the formation and termination of the employment relationship, litigation, large-scale redundancies, TUPE, share options, and bonus disputes. His corporate and institutional clients include media organisations, financial institutions, charities (including schools), technology companies, and professional firms (including other law firms and barristers chambers). His litigation experience includes pursuing and defending cases in the Employment Tribunals, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the High Court, and the Court of Appeal. Examples of recent work include: conducting a successful appeal in the case of Charm Offensive Productions v Lazarov and ors a test case concerning the employment status of actors; advising an organisation in respect of contractual changes, achieving savings in excess of £5m; successfully defending a household name business facing class action litigation worth in excess of £1.5m; advising a senior director at a global technology company on contractual terms, bonus provisions and share options; successfully defending an international airline facing claims of sex discrimination and unfair dismissal (before the Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal); successfully acting as advocate for an education institution facing claims of religion or belief discrimination in Shaikh v Tribal Education Ltd (ET/2201677/12); and defending a national charity against a serial litigant and acting as advocate in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Career

Trained Rowley Ashworth; Rowley Ashworth 2005-2008; Eversheds 2008- 2011; Bates Wells Braithwaite 2011 to date. Current directorships: Trustee and Director of School 21.

Memberships

ILS; ELA; committee member, ELA.

Education

St Simon Stock RC, Maidstone, Kent; Bristol University; the University of Kent; and the College of Law (London).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Senior executives

Bates Wells‘ employment practice is regularly instructed to act on behalf of senior executives in the banking, online retail and media sectors. Paul Jennings, who is leaned on by senior political figures, national TV broadcasters and board-level executives for advice, jointly heads the team alongside Lucy McLynn. Other notable members of the practice include Rachel Mathieson, who is active in assisting clients in the financial services sector, and Hannah Wright.

London > Employment > Employers

Lucy Mclynn heads a versatile team at Bates Wells, which is particularly known for its support to third-sector employers on a wide range of issues. It continues to be involved in some key litigation relating to issues such as transgender rights, and artificial intelligence. A growing area of focus is advising on investigations. The practice continues to receive a regular stream of work about handling senior staff changes, and managing a changing workforce. Other names to note include Paul Jennings, Paul Seath and Rachel Mathieson.

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