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Farrer & Co Offices

66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
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England
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David Hunt

Work Department
Employment.
Position
David advises a broad spectrum of clients from the education, sports, banking, commercial and charity sectors on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. He also acts for individuals in relation to contract and exit negotiations and team move and restrictive covenant issues. He is a member of the firm’s Higher Education and Sports Groups.
Career
David qualified as a solicitor in September 2001, having joined Farrer & Co as a trainee in 1999. David was made partner in May 2008.
Memberships
ELA and ILS
Education
St John’s College, Cambridge.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Distinguished by its deep bench and breadth of expertise, Farrer & Co advises on contentious employment disputes, specialist investigations, business protection, appointments, departures and public inquiries. Jointly led by Eleanor Rowswell and Anna Birtwistle, the group benefits from Rowswell’s extensive experience in disputes and investigations into misconduct allegations, and Birtwistle’s record of advising clients in the legal and financial services sectors. Other notable names in the practice include David Hunt, who excels in partner moves and restrictive covenant matters; Kathleen Heycock, who is active in assisting with senior partner moves within the Big Four accountancy firms; Alice Cave, who is experienced in employment contracts and exit packages; and Alice Yandle, who is active in the insurance, legal, private equity and financial services sectors. In addition, the team leans on the senior expertise of David Smellie.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration