Chris Weaver > Payne Hicks Beach LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Payne Hicks Beach LLP Offices
10 NEW SQUARE
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3QG
England
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Chris Weaver
Work Department
Employment
Position
Chris specialises in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. His practice involves advising both employers and employees, with a particular focus on advising employers. Chris regularly advises employers in negotiating the departure of directors and senior executives, redundancy consultation exercises and business reorganisations, disciplinary and performance management, employee grievances, managing ill health and return to work, maternity and family friendly rights, data protection, restrictive covenants, TUPE, outsourcing and transactional work. Chris also advises senior executives and other employees in contractual negotiations, disciplinary and performance management, grievances, preservation of the employment relationship and negotiating terms of departure from employment. He has considerable experience of complex Employment Tribunal litigation and has been involved in employment disputes in the High Court.
Career
Chris qualified in 2005, joined Payne Hicks Beach 2009 and was made a senior associate in June 2015 and to partner in 2021.
Memberships
Chris is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge: MA Hons. Law and Social & Political Sciences (1999); BBP Law School: PgDL (2002) and LPC (2003).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Claims involving discrimination, whistleblowing and wrongful dismissals are key pillars of the practice at Payne Hicks Beach LLP. Matters involving privacy, data, health issues and the transfer of undertakings are also areas of focus for the practice. Practice co-head Peter McRoberts is regularly called upon by clients seeking protection of their reputational and financial interests; he oversees the practice alongside James Townsend, whose expertise lies in employment disputes and executive terminations. Other key names include Chris Weaver, who has considerable experience of handling complex employment tribunal litigation, and Domonique McRae, who excels in senior exit negotiations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Employment > Senior executives
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Employers