Excello Law

Employment law

Career

David Greenhalgh has over 35 years’ experience in providing expert employment law advice to senior executives, employees and employers.

David has been ranked by the Legal 500 for over 15 years and is listed as a Leading Partner in the latest 2026 edition.

David is known for giving unstuffy, commercially focused advice and utilises his background experience gained by working on ground-breaking heavyweight litigation cases to give him a tactical and strategic edge.

David is a member of the Company of Human Resources Professionals.  He is on the Advisory Board of Safe Workplace and is an honorary trustee of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. David is a founder member of Shoreditch House.

David's Experience

Advising Senior Executives & Employees

David acts for senior executives, C-suite executives, and professionals across all sectors, providing clear and strategic advice at any stage of the employment relationship – from appointment to exit including:

Settlement agreements – sign off & negotiation. Tactical advice on exiting & securing the best terms. Review of new service agreements/employment contracts. Responding to suspension, allegations, investigations, and threatened disciplinary action. Bonus disputes. Unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing. Restrictive covenants.

Advising Employers

David works with employers of all sizes, providing tactical, commercially focused advice to help manage risk, resolve disputes, and maintain strong employee relations including:

Providing tactical advice on all employment matters. Senior exits. Planning for redundancy and restructuring. Threatening & taking action against former employees for breach of post-termination restrictions. Advice on dealing with grievances and disciplinaries. Settlement tactics and planning. Drafting contracts, policies and handbooks.

Legal 500 extracts about David;-

“THE GO-TO EMPLOYMENT LAWYER FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES”

“STANDOUT LAWYER.”

“TERRIFIC, COMMERCIAL, NO-NONSENSE, SERVICE-ORIENTED LAWYER.”

“ABSOLUTE STAR – HIGHLY FOCUSED SOLICITOR WITH A PRACTICAL, COMMERCIAL AND APPROACHABLE STYLE”.

“DOES NOT SIT ON THE FENCE IN THE WAY THAT SO MANY OTHERS DO.”

“EXPERT IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, BUT ALSO AN EXPERT IN GIVING HONEST ADVICE – HE KNOWS WHEN TO BE TOUGH AND WHEN TO CALM THE WATERS.”

“OUTSTANDING PRACTITIONER – DAVID PROVIDES ADVICE THAT IS JARGON FREE AND DOWN TO EARTH.”

“DAVID COMBINES PRACTICAL ADVICE WITH RAZOR-SHARP STRATEGIC OUTLOOK.”

"AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION AND IS COMMERCIAL, SAVVY AND CLIENT

Legal 500 extracts about David;-

“THE GO-TO EMPLOYMENT LAWYER FOR SENIOR EXECUTIVES”

“STANDOUT LAWYER.”

“TERRIFIC, COMMERCIAL, NO-NONSENSE, SERVICE-ORIENTED LAWYER.”

“ABSOLUTE STAR – HIGHLY FOCUSED SOLICITOR WITH A PRACTICAL, COMMERCIAL AND APPROACHABLE STYLE”.

“DOES NOT SIT ON THE FENCE IN THE WAY THAT SO MANY OTHERS DO.”

“EXPERT IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, BUT ALSO AN EXPERT IN GIVING HONEST ADVICE – HE KNOWS WHEN TO BE TOUGH AND WHEN TO CALM THE WATERS.”

“OUTSTANDING PRACTITIONER – DAVID PROVIDES ADVICE THAT IS JARGON FREE AND DOWN TO EARTH.”

“DAVID COMBINES PRACTICAL ADVICE WITH RAZOR-SHARP STRATEGIC OUTLOOK.”

"AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION AND IS COMMERCIAL, SAVVY AND CLIENT FOCUSED"

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David is a member of the Company of Human Resources Professionals.  He is on the Advisory Board of Safe Workplace and is an honorary trustee of Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. David is a founder member of Shoreditch House.

Interested in adoption, neurodiversity, LGBT, street art, music/festivals, scuba, reading, Peloton and kicking a football around with his sons.