England - South East • Employment
Blake Morgan LLP
Blake Morgan LLP is frequently instructed by international corporations, Thames Valley-based SMEs and public bodies on a full-range of employment law matters, particularly those arising out of the tech and education sectors. Contentious work is a core pillar of the group’s practice and includes employment tribunal and High Court claims. In conjunction with employment, pensions and immigration group head Ron Burgess, Rajiv Joshi leads the Thames Valley-based contingent, focusing on the firm’s key clients in the tech sector. He is supported by associate Madeleine Mould on key mandates, who is the go-to name on the team for strategic and human resources advice. Partner William Downing departed in 2022, joining Mills & Reeve LLP.
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‘Madeleine Mould walked us through a very sensitive employee issue. Her attention to detail and quickness allowed us to have peace of mind with every response and decision we made.'
‘The team are so knowledgeable and personable. Very impressed with their customer service and their commitment to deadlines. We have recently had some difficult pensions changes - the final outcome was excellent and we achieved 100% consent, superbly helped by the Blake Morgan team.’
‘Having working with Blake Morgan now for several years all those I have worked with have been exceptional. They are knowledgeable of our sector, they listen before answering, they provide advice in a measured way. I find them very easy to work with, clear and to the point with guidance.'
‘Madeleine Mould is a pleasure to work with. Excellent customer service and she always keeps to deadlines. My HR team really appreciate working with her.’
'Madeleine Mould always responds well with advice, supports the teams exceptionally well, and is knowledgeable. The reason I enjoy working with Blake Morgan is because of its people!’
‘Great attention to detail and client knowledge across the team. Always very responsive and great at forward planning.’
- 'Madeleine Mould is very knowledgeable, shows great insight into the work of the organisation and always provides a very high standard of work. Maddy develops and maintains very constructive relationships with opposition firms.’
‘We are very happy to use the employment law services of Blake Morgan. The team we work with are exceptionally responsive, offer refreshingly commercial advice and are great value for money.’
‘Rajiv Joshi is exceptional. He takes the time to understand our business, our risk profile and our desired outcomes and then delivers succinct, commercial advice accordingly.’
Key clients
- NTT Security
- Thames Valley Police
- Westcoast Group
- HCL Technologies Limited
- Anytime Fitness
- Oxford Gene Technologies
- Huws Gray
- Oxford Technical Solutions
- Fairhive Homes Limited
- InHealth Group
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Rajiv has experience in a variety of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Rajiv is a supervisor of Employment Tribunal work amongst other matters. Rajiv’s work includes unfair dismissal, discrimination, jurisdictional matters and the employment aspects of corporate transactions. He also drafts and advises on directors’ service agreements, employment contracts, staff handbooks and settlement agreements.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rajiv Joshi, Ron Burgess