Under the joint leadership of Susan Thompson and Victoria Willson, the employment team at Simkins LLP regularly advises employers from the media and entertainment industries. Thompson specialises in redundancies and terminations, while Wilson excels in exits and breaches of restrictive covenants. The group is particularly impressive in Employment Tribunal litigation, involving discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal.
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‘Andrew Czechowski is really easy to work with, completely on top of the brief and extremely thorough. Also had excellent tactical and strategic insight. ’
‘I always found the team to be very helpful, quick to respond but above all, providing very concrete and specific advice with a number of solutions for the scenario, rather than general advice in principle, which I think makes them truly unique. ’
Key clients
- Vinci Construction UK Limited / Vinci Construction Management Limited / Vinci plc
- Avonline Network Services Limited
Work highlights
Advised Vinci Construction UK Ltd in two tribunal claims which went to a final hearing, including successfully defending Vinci at a five-day race discrimination claim and achieving a strike out order in a further claim involving sex discrimination.
Practice head
Susan Thompson; Victoria Willson
Other key lawyers
Andrew Czechowski