Mishcon de Reya LLP continues to excel at high-profile litigation before the Employment Appeal Tribunal, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, with focus areas extending to whistleblowing claims, restrictive covenant matters and investigations. Leading the practice, Daniel Naftalin handles a busy workload, including discrimination matters and advice on restructuring issues. Jennifer Millins specialises in equal pay disputes and gender pay gap reporting, while Sharon Tan frequently handles theft of confidential information matters. Further strengthening the firm’s offering is Susannah Kintish, a notable name in issues involving regulators. For team moves and misuse of confidential information, Matthew Wood and Katie Mahoney are key contacts, and Jessica Ambrose is well-placed to handle matters in the technology sector. Rounding out the team is seasoned litigator Joanna Blackburn.
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- Dr Ronald Black
Work highlights
Advising Dr Ronald Black (former CEO and President of Imagination Technologies) on a very high-value, complex whistleblowing (dismissal and detriments) and unfair dismissal claim against his former employer, Imagination Technologies (a British semi-conductor chip making company), its parent company Canyon Bridge and the two co-founders and partners of Canyon Bridge.
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Daniel Naftalin
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Jennifer Millins; Sharon Tan; Susannah Kintish; Matthew Wood; Katie Mahoney; Jessica Ambrose; Joanna Blackburn; Emily Knight; Lydia Kellet