Senior executives

Excello Law

Client Satisfaction

Boasting ‘deep-rooted expertise honed through years of hands-on experience’, Excello Law is a key contact for senior executives seeking advice on contentious exits and settlement agreements. David Greenhalgh and Hina Belitz jointly oversee the practice; Greenhalgh has extensive expertise in assisting senior executives facing dismissal, discrimination or misconduct allegations, while Belitz is often engaged to advise on director-level exits, redundancies, disciplinary proceedings and grievances. Other key names include Sarah King, who acts for senior executives from a range of sectors, and Nelu Abeygunasekera, who is highly regarded for her ‘excellent knowledge’. The team was further strengthened by the addition of Rhian Radia, who has broad experience of advising clients from the financial services, insurance, media and fashion sectors, from Bishop & Sewell LLP in January 2024.

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Testimonials

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‘The team boasts deep-rooted expertise honed through years of hands-on experience serving senior executives across diverse industries. Their adeptness in understanding the unique challenges faced by executives enables them to offer insightful guidance and solutions tailored to individual client needs. I am always impressed at the focus they bring to a client's case, usually across years if prolonged, and the practicality and care they show in advising clients usually leads to an excellent outcome.’
‘Hina Belitz is always impressive. She is hugely experienced across the whole range of employment, partnership, commercial and corporate law, and clients are always very well looked after. She is also excellent at putting together a team, including counsel, to focus on a particular issue or claim.’
‘I dealt with Nelu Abeygunasekera. She provided excellent and clear advice as a result of which I was able to confirm a satisfactory agreement with my employers.’
‘Nelu Abeygunasekera is an outstanding lawyer and I have passed her name onto several colleagues. Nelu takes the time to understand the issue, needs and financial constraints of clients. She advises when the client can do some work to keep costs down. She takes the emotion out of the situation and is clear when speaking with clients. She has excellent knowledge and is good at balancing the law with commercial decisions and she is readily available for clients. She has a way of instilling confidence and establishing a professional, yet personal relationship, with the client.’
‘I am very confident in referring work to Excello. David Greenhalgh has an excellent reputation and is commercial, savvy and client focused.’
‘The firm has a growing reputation in the financial services sector and frequently obtains excellent results over better known, including Magic Circle, firms. Its national reach means that it can provide services to clients from anywhere and often leads to more a cost-effective fee structure for its clients.’
'Excello Law offers a unique team of employment law experts with a diversified set of skills and experiences that allows each situation to be assessed from a variety of angles and scenarios.'
'David Greenhalgh is an excellent lawyer. He read the situation very well, suggesting a tough approach which at the same time did keep a door open for an amicable solution, helping steering the conversation in the right direction. His suggestions about how to react to certain inputs were tactically and strategically key in changing my employer's attitude towards the entire case.'

Key clients

Damien Couture

Work highlights

Acting for the global CEO of a household-name brand business on her unexpected exit and securing the client a substantial value exit package including high-value bonuses and share options.
Advising a global HRD on new contract terms offered to him and negotiating the complex and high-value terms of the same.
Advising a senior executive threatened with an injunction for allegedly setting up in competition on negotiating complex settlement terms.