Employment Contract Solicitors
Our Employment Contract Solicitors will help you negotiate and agree on contract terms at the outset of your employment. We can also provide employment contract advice on enforcing terms such as bonus entitlements.Opal Legal has been recognised as a Top 200 UK Law Firm.
Our Employment Contract Service
Executives, directors, and other senior employees should expect to have comprehensive agreements regarding their employment.
Our expert Employment contract lawyers regularly review and advise on the terms of service agreements and employment contracts, particularly regarding key issues such as notice entitlements, intellectual property issues, confidentiality, and restrictive covenants.
Our employment lawyers also have a wealth of experience in advising on complex remuneration and reward arrangements such as bonus and commission schemes, and golden handshake and golden handcuff terms so as to ensure the position of the executive is fairly and clearly represented.
We are determined and robust on your behalf, but we are also easy to deal with and clear in our advice. We will fight your corner but understand that a common-sense approach is often required to find solutions that work for you in the context of your professional and personal circumstances.
Why choose us to be your employment contract solicitors?
Choose us for our experience. Recent examples of our employment contract work in this area include:
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Reviewing all employment terms and benefits for the Finance Director of a FTSE 100 company, advising on terms to improve and areas where clarification was needed
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Reviewing and advising a senior executive joining a Plc on the terms and effect of their service agreement and amending the agreement to protect the executive
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Advising a director of a national company on the terms of a bonus arrangement and amending the bonus agreement to safeguard the director’s position
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Assisting a senior executive in understanding the scope of the restrictive covenants they were being asked to accept, particularly in the context of business connections and knowledge they were bringing to their new employer and advising on the executive on circumstances where they did not sign the contract of employment
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Advising a senior executive on changes being made to their job role and contractual terms without their consent
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Reviewing and advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants in a director’s service agreement in the context of a potential breach of contract situation
Why work with our employment lawyers?
Our specialist team of employment solicitors is described in the independent Legal 500 directory as “excellent” and are highly recommended in the Legal 500. Therefore, you can be reassured that you will deal with some of the best employment solicitors in the country.
In particular, our employment lawyers offer:
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City centre standards of employment law advice and service levels due to our policy of recruiting only the best specialist employment solicitors.
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Clear and straightforward UK employment law advice that is user-friendly, pragmatic, and commercial.
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Extensive experience in advising various employees, including senior executives, directors and partners, with complex employment contracts and service agreements.
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A credible team of employment law solicitors that are used to dealing with and providing legal representation against large employers and law firms on behalf of our clients.
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A partner-led service and a genuinely accessible team of experienced employment law solicitors due to our size, structure, and unique culture.
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Cost-effective support tailored to your unique employment issues and certainty on costs where you need it.
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