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McGuireWoods London LLP
5 New Street Square
LONDON
EC4A 3BF
England
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Career

Daniel is the managing partner of the firm’s London office. He practices in all aspects of English employment law, particularly focused on contentious employment matters, including whistle blowing, discrimination, restraint of trade and confidential information disputes and board level terminations and employment issues arising in regulated sectors (e.g., financial services, security and professional services).

He also has extensive experience advising on non-contentious matters such as redundancy programs and the employment aspects of business re-organizations, as well as advising on the employment issues arising in corporate transactions. He has substantial experience in dealing with cross border employment issues, particularly involving the US, EU and Nordic region. He has participated in numerous client seminars and management training programmes on employment law topics including unfair dismissal, redundancy, whistle blowing, discrimination, restrictive covenants, confidential information workplace conflict management and alternative dispute resolution. Daniel is a qualified barrister, solicitor and an accredited workplace mediator.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employers

McGuireWoods London LLP offers a small and compact team with high quality employment litigation expertise. Regulated industries employment specialist Dan Peyton, a practising barrister before entering private practice, leads the team. He is supported by associate Adam Penman, who has experience in employee benefits, incentives work and data protection as well as defending tribunal claims. The firm is particularly recommended for advising US clients operating across the UK, with the firm having experience defending claims for such clients before Northern Irish Industrial tribunals as well as in England and Wales.