We helped a mother who had provided her son with funds to purchase his first home and who had concerns about his plans to cohabit with his partner. The funds...
We helped a couple to adopt the wife’s nephew from Bangladesh. They were granted legal guardianship of the child in Bangladesh as no adoption orders were possible and advised them...
We worked with a couple in their proposed adoption of a child from another country. We advised them on changes in the legislation which enabled them to reconsider their plan...
We helped a same sex couple in their application to adopt twin girls following care proceedings. We represented the prospective adopters at an initial hearing and again at the Adoption...
We worked with a young London professional couple with a significant imbalance of assets and parental contributions. After negotiations and some initial resistance, our advice resulted in the protection of...
A company wanted to exit its Marketing Director for failing to meet expected performance standards. We finalised the terms of a settlement agreement. Issues included dealing with commission claims, considering...
We successfully helped a company chairman who required the immediate removal of their CEO. The terms of a settlement agreement had to be negotiated with him which included agreeing the...
We advised a CEO on the termination of his employment via a settlement agreement. This was complicated as he was not simply an employee but an ‘employee shareholder’ which meant...
We advised a company chairman on implementing settlement discussion process with their CEO, who was considered by the board not to have the requisite skills set to take the company...
We helped the chairman of a technology company on the exiting of their CEO who was seriously underperforming, such that the company had been forced to shed a third of...
We represented a care home in an Employment Tribunal claim following one of their care workers blowing the whistle on abuse and neglect of vulnerable resident by four long serving members of...
We helped an employer who was involved in a proposed transfer of part of their business to another company. TUPE staff representatives were elected and a consultation procedure duly followed....
We helped a company who had recruited an employee for 12 month fixed term maternity cover. The employee made a serious complaint and was put on garden leave for the...
An international company took the decision to close down one of its wholly owned subsidiaries. We advised the company on their restructuring, which involved the transfer of two senior sales...
A company had an employee with high levels of absence which they suspected were related to alcohol abuse. We obtained an occupational health report which confirmed that there were no...
We advised a company who faced an unfair dismissal claim from an employee following their redundancy. The employee alleged the employer failed to follow procedures and alleged that due to...
We advised the directors of a company seeking to obtain a bank loan on the personal guarantees the bank required them to provide as security for the loan to the...
We worked for a national bank in the preparation of a guarantee given by a private company in favour of the bank in order to secure a loan made to...
We prepared new articles of association dealing with the class rights to be designated to the class of shares offered to employees. We were subsequently involved with the exercise of those...
We were instructed by a corporate client in a buyback of a portion of its ordinary shares which we completed within three days of instruction, which was possible due to...