Bates Wells

Employment.

Martin is Bates Wells’ Managing Partner and has been a practising employment lawyer since 1996. In his role as Managing Partner Martin works closely with the firm’s Management Board and Senior Management Team to develop and deliver the firm’s strategy and business activities.

During his leadership he has overseen the firm’s certification as a B Corp and spearheaded a number of firm-wide initiatives to advance the responsible agenda; steering Bates Wells into the purpose & impact space, narrowing the firm’s gender salary gap, and taking practical action to promote inclusion and diversity.

Together with his daily management responsibilities, Martin stays close to clients through his employment law practice, not only because he enjoys legal client work but because it’s vital to keep our clients’ interests and needs at the heart of everything we do as a firm. Martin also frequently visit clients as part of our firm’s wider client-listening programme.

Martin is an experienced advocate in the Employment Tribunal and an accredited CEDR mediator. He works in all areas of employment law with a particular focus on TUPE issues arising out of mergers and acquisitions, and the protection of confidential information and other confidential property by the enforcement of contractual covenants.

Martin also provides contentious and non-contentious advice to clients ranging from large commercial clients to charities and individuals.

Trained Simpson Millar; qualified 1987 Joined Bates Wells, 1991 Partner, 1997 Deputy senior partner, 2011 Managing Partner, 2013

Employment Lawyers Association B Corp Ambassador

Reed's School, Cobham Bristol University (1983 BSc Hons)

RFU Referee/coach; Trustee,