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Our employment law solicitors provide strategic advice to medium and large-sized employers, as well as senior executives, on complex employment matters.
Talk to usOur award-winning employment group is one of the largest, most specialised and respected legal teams in the North, with the team being consistently ranked top in legal directories such as The Legal 500.
We’re the employment law partner you can depend on to navigate the rapidly evolving legal landscape and turn your ambitions into reality.
We deliver tailored and strategic advice with proactive solutions to address the full spectrum of legal challenges that a business can face — from day-to-day HR advice to complex business reorganisations and employment tribunal claims.
Our team also support individuals, senior executives and directors to get the most out of their career through negotiating executive settlement agreements, restrictive covenants and compensation packages as well as protecting and defending their employment rights when it matters most.
Talk to our team by calling 0333 004 4488, email hello@brabners.com or complete our contact form below.
Full spectrum employment law support for businesses
We can support you at every stage of your growth. With our strategic and commercial advice, we’ll help you navigate new legislation including the Employment Rights Bill.
Our lawyers provide advice on handling day-to-day employment issues and offer tailored and practical training sessions focused on prevention rather than cure to ensure that your People and HR teams and managers have the skills and confidence they need to handle any situation — from managing misconduct and disciplinary and grievance procedures to absenteeism, capability and performance and long term ill health.
You can also come to us for strategic advice on matters such as business sales, mergers and acquisitions, diversity, equity and inclusion (including discrimination), redundancy, reorganisation and restructure programmes, TUPE transfers and outsourcing, exit strategies, restrictive covenants and trade union and employee relations. In addition, our lawyers are highly experienced in employment dispute and litigation matters including preventing and defending claims of discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.
We act for a broad variety of employers ranging from large corporates to SMEs including some of the largest employers in the UK. We work with household names across the public and private sector, including retail, leisure and hospitality businesses, recruitment and workforce solution agencies, manufacturing companies, sports bodies, charities, professional services and registered providers of social housing.
Experienced employment law solicitors
Our team of employment law experts is led by Nick Campbell, recognised by The Legal 500 as a ‘Hall of Fame’ employment lawyer, with a national reputation for dealing with complex employment-related disputes.
Also recognised as ‘Recommended Lawyers’ by The Legal 500 and offering considerable sector knowledge across the team, the ‘highly intelligent and focused’ Lydia Edgar is renowned for her sports law expertise, Simon Whitehead heads up our recruitment and workforce solutions sector, Lee Jefcott leads our leisure and hospitality specialism and Joseph Shelston acts for several national and international retail brands.
Kate Venables is also recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ by The Legal 500 and heads up our team providing support for in-house lawyers and General Counsel. Brendan McAleese leads our team in supporting the professional services industry and is experienced in handling business immigration and sponsor licence matters alongside Head of Immigration Ikram Malik. Other senior members of the team include experienced employment lawyer Dan Walker and Andy Graham who specialises in advising employers on redundancy and TUPE situations, as well as negotiating and consulting with trade unions and elected representatives.
Our employment law services
Recognised as a top tier firm by The Legal 500 2025
“The team is very in tune with the needs of its clients. They listen and don't impose some pre-set solution. Instead, they provide sensible advice which is generated from their vast collective experience. The team works very well together.”
Client feedback, The Legal 500
“The partners and associates are very ‘down-to-earth’ without being condescending. There's an absence of buzzwords and complexity in their discourse without any loss of substance.”
Client feedback, The Legal 500
“The team was very responsive and supportive during a difficult period. They took the time to understand the unique situation and commercial challenges. Their advice is clear and comprehensive. The broad team is able to provide the holistic support required. It's clear that they act as a team, not simply a collection of individuals from different areas of specialism.”
Client feedback, The Legal 500
“The team is very reliable, approachable and easy to deal with.”
Client feedback, The Legal 500
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