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Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices

Harbottle & Lewis LLP
7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Howard Hymanson

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Work Department

Employment

Position

Howard acts for both employers and senior executives in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment law issues and has a wide breadth of experience across a range of sectors, including the Professional Services, Financial services, Sports and the NHS.

Howard has developed one of the leading practices acting for individuals in conducting high-value personal injury stress claims in the High Court, as well as bullying and discrimination cases in the Employment Tribunal.

He regularly advises on senior executive terminations, director/shareholder disputes, Team Moves, TUPE matters and provides strategic input to HR departments.

He is a regular contributor to national broad sheet newspapers and the HR trade press, commentating upon work place stress legal issues and developments, most recently upon the impact of long hours work culture and home working in the context of the COVID -19 pandemic

Career

  • Trained Finers Stephens Innocent; qualified 1992;
  • Assistant solicitor Fox Williams 1997-2000;
  • Partner and co-head of employment Pritchard Englefield; 2000-2003
  • Partner and London Head of Employment Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons 2003-09;
  • Partner and Head of Employment group Harbottle & Lewis 2009.

Memberships

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association and sits on its Legislative and Policy Committee.

Education

  • Bury Grammar School;
  • University of Birmingham (1989 LLB Hons)
  • Chester College of Law, Solicitors Final Examination (1990)

Leisure

Football, cycling and Mudlarking

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Senior executives

(Leading partners)

Howard Hymanson – Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Harbottle & Lewis LLP enjoys an excellent reputation for representing high-profile individuals subject to allegations of misconduct, grievances and disciplinary investigations. Much of its work stems from the creative and media sectors, with a strong focus on the broadcasting, music, sport, fashion, and film and television arenas. Yvonne Gallagher, who specialises in the enforceability of restrictive covenants in executive service agreements, jointly leads the practice alongside Howard Hymanson, who is highly reputed for his work involving allegations of discrimination. Marian Derham is also a name to note.

London > Employment > Employers

Harbottle & Lewis LLP excels at managing employment issues that arise in the creative and media sectors. It has recently been advising on video gaming and E-sports, and working with influencers and social media stars. A significant amount of its work relates to advising on internal investigations into serious allegations of bullying misconduct, discrimination and harassment. It has significant experience of working across a range of other industries such as financial services, and technology based companies. The department is jointly led by Yvonne Gallagher and Howard Hymanson.

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