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Senior Executive Unit

Given the importance of employment in our modern lives, expert employment law advice is essential.  Guidance before, during and on termination will help protect your personal interests and maximise your earnings.

Our Senior Executive Unit provides expert legal advice and guidance to senior executives, directors, bankers, stockbrokers, analysts, lawyers, accountants and others. The unit is headed by Jahad Rahman, Senior Associate.

We have extensive experience of the financial services sector and have successfully negotiated numerous high value settlements. As we act for both employees and businesses, we are able to anticipate strategies used by HR departments and in-house counsel.

We cover the full spectrum of employment and discrimination law:

• Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulatory issues
• Advising on new offers of employment and employment contracts
• Negotiating compromise agreements
• Advising on breach of contract claims and bonus disputes
• Unfair dismissals
• Strategic advice on post-termination competition
• Dealing with equity compensation schemes
• Negotiating director service agreements
• Advising on discrimination issues
• Advising on team moves

Our experience of acting for high net-worth individuals includes:

Offers of employment

• Guiding a senior managing director on post-termination obligations during a move between investment banks
• Negotiating and amending contractual documentation for high net-worth individuals in financial institutions
• Advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants
• Advising on replacement stock, guaranteed bonuses, sign-on bonuses, deferred bonuses and other incentive schemes

Litigation

• Advising a senior analyst in a high value claim against an investment bank for failure to pay a bonus
• Negotiated a post-termination settlement for a broker in injunctive relief proceedings
• Successfully represented a senior executive in her discrimination claim and negotiated a substantial six figure compensation package
• Negotiating a very high value settlement on behalf of a director of a commodity trading company
• Negotiated a complex six figure termination settlement for a Financial Director of a well known investment bank

FSA matters

• Negotiating Form C withdrawals
• Advising on regulatory investigations
• Liaising with other advisors on potential criminal charges

A substantial element of our client base is derived from clients’ recommendations.

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