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Constantine Law Limited

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Constantine Law Limited is a growing presence in the London employment arena, increasingly involved in high profile contentious matters including major worker status cases. The firm also demonstrates capability in corporate support work such as TUPE and restructuring. The team is led by John Hayes, an expert in the field of restrictive covenants and injunctions. Nick Hine, Sarah Evans, Will Clayton and senior associate Caroline Glacken are also key members of the team.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team are extremely well organised and exceptionally good at pinning down the issues and merits at an early stage by really effective collaboration of different levels of seniority.'

  • ‘John Hayes is extremely hardworking and in every case I work with him on he brings invaluable high level strategic thinking and oversight to a case which always adds value. He is also a really strong and confident litigator.

  • 'Sarah Evans has fantastic judgement, is great with clients and her negotiating skills really stand out.’
  • ‘The team is excellent from top to bottom - whoever it is I deal with, I am confident in the advice they give. Their advice and guidance are invaluable to our business and they have been instrumental in helping us steer through stormy waters, especially in a post-pandemic, post-Brexit UK.’

  • ‘Nick Hine is the standout individual. His knowledge and experience are second to none.'

  • 'Frankly, I simply would not use anyone else.’
  • ‘The core of this team has been John Hayes and Nick Hine who are class acts, operating in the top tier of the London market.’

  • ‘John Hayes is outstanding, easy to deal with, and astute.'

Key clients

  • The MCG Group Holdings Limited
  • Coyle Personnel Limited
  • McGee Group (Holdings) Limited
  • Lockhart Capital Management LLP
  • I HS Africa (UK) Limited
  • Takepayments Limited
  • Restore Plc
  • Storm Global Limited
  • Café Royal Management Limited
  • Contino Solutions Limited/Cognizant New Solutions Limited

Work highlights

  • Acting for a national recruitment business Storm Global  involved in a major employment (agency) status cases.
  • Acting for the Restore Group Plc in relation to their ongoing restructure of the business and, specifically, in a High Court injunction case for a Group company during the past year.
  • Advising Fidera Vecta Limited and working with Cohen & Gresser (a NYC based firm) to represent this financial services company in a case interim relief proceedings in a whistleblowing case before the Employment Tribunal.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Hayes

Other key lawyers

Will Clayton, Caroline Glacken, Nick Hine, Sarah Evans, Eliza Nash