The ‘excellent team’ at Addleshaw Goddard specialises in strategic human resource issues, from business protection and boardroom matters to global mobility and compliance. Practice leader David Hughes is a solicitor advocate and certified workplace mediator whose expertise encompasses employment tribunal advocacy, industrial relations, discrimination, and whistleblowing. Kelly Brown is notably experienced in the financial sector, advising on TUPE transfers and discrimination claims.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team are extremely helpful.’
‘Gillian Hutchison is always very responsive and will work closely with you to ensure the right outcome is achieved.’
‘Robert Phillips is an astute and pragmatic lawyer.’
‘Extremely trustworthy and responsive. The real difference is the ability to communicate legal jargon in a way that is clear to clients. There is also the friendly manner of the team - not to mention their patience.’
‘Kelly Brown's crystal-clear communication and guidance combined with the best-in-class client care. More recently Andrea Hunter has displayed the same approach and was highly supportive.’
‘Excellent team all-round from top to bottom.’
Key clients
- Virgin Money
- British Airways
- Bilfinger (UK)
- Pioneer Group
- FNZ
- Aria Healthcare
- Sigma Capital plc
- Hibernian Football Club
- The Law Society of Scotland
- TSG (UK)
- AAB LLP
- KURA
- Raytheon
- Waldorf Production UK plc
- TC Biopharm
- Texo
- The Majestic Line
- Highland and Islands Airports Limited
- Kuiper Group
Work highlights
- Advised a multi-national Fintech company on several large-scale restructuring projects, utilising IT strategies and solutions to deliver thousands of documents within a few days to start the projects on time, and then negotiating in hundreds of settlement cases, involving complex share structures and settlement packages.
- Acted for a defence sector client in multiple matters, including providing strategic board advice, tribunal litigation, senior HR management training and industrial relations, including negotiating a voluntary collective bargaining agreement.
- Provided advice and representation to a UK high street bank in multiple complex tribunal claims involving claims including unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Hughes