With capabilities that span the technology, entertainment, manufacturing and pharmaceutical sectors, ‘commercial and practical’ BDB Pitmans deploys its experience in the full range of employment matters, including employment litigation and business immigration. Practice leader Caroline Yarrow steers the team, while Nicholas Le Riche contributes his specialism in redundancies and restructuring mandates to the team. Laura Binnie is the name to note in the firm’s Reading office, acting for a range of businesses and individuals in complex strategic employment issues as well as litigation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘They have incredible knowledge of the law, but are always able to adopt a commercial and practical approach and solution.'

  • 'The collaboration the team adopts using all levels of seniority enables the best results to be achieved for their clients. They have an intimidate knowledge of their client’s business, and really make a point of understanding.'
  • ‘The individuals are all extremely personable and knowledgeable. Their clients really like them and trust them. They provide clear and sensible advice, and this permeates through to their instructions and guidance to counsel.'

  • 'They will objectively assess the case before them and provide that honest assessment to the client. They will support the client to reach the desired outcome and notify them which cases should be pursued on which should not.'
  • 'The communication of team members with both lay client and counsel helps to engender a real team spirit and focus to a case.'
  • ‘They establish a well guided dialogue with their clients, with the target being to enable clients to understand legal context deeply and comprehensively. They take fast action, not more than needed and not less than essential.'

  • ‘Very good in communication in terms of timing and contents, keeping timelines and obligations.’

  • ‘I got a sense of a well-organised and efficient team.'

Key clients

  • Panalux Limited
  • Panavision Europe Limited
  • Direct Photographic Limited
  • Black Island Studios Limited
  • Jones Lang LaSalle Services Limited
  • Content and Cloud Limited
  • Waylands Automotive Limited
  • Jonas Group UK (and Constellation Inc.)
  • Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
  • Accolite Digital LLC
  • Datasite UK Ltd
  • Tenpin Limited
  • Elivia Holdings Limited
  • Sondrel (Holdings) plc
  • XMA Limited

Work highlights

  • Advising a leading entertainment group of companies, providing daily support to the HR teams in relation to all of their day-to-day employment related matters.
  • Advising Jones Lang LaSalle Limited in an investigation into a complex grievance and a separate investigation into a serious misconduct disciplinary case.
  • Advised IT solutions company XMA Limited on its purchase of the entire issued shared capital of GBM Digital Technologies Group Holdings Limited.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Caroline Yarrow

Other key lawyers

Nicholas Le Riche, Laura Binnie, Tim Hayes