Kevin McKenna > Kuit Steinart Levy LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile
Kuit Steinart Levy LLP Offices

3 ST MARY'S PARSONAGE
MANCHESTER
M3 2RD
England
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Kevin McKenna

Work Department
Employment.
Position
Partner and Head of Employment, Kevin joined Kuits in 2013 from Weightmans. Having practised for 20 years, Kevin advises on all aspects of employment law, with a particular focus on senior executive and complex terminations, restrictive covenants and High Court enforcement, constructive and unfair dismissal claims, discrimination and large scale redundancy.
Kevin has worked extensively in the private sector working with business of all sizes from SMEs to PLCs. Kevin has also regularly appeared in the employment tribunals on behalf of a large government department.
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Career
Qualified 1998; Harding Evans 2003; Keoghs 2003-09; Weightmans 2009-13; partner Kuits Steinart Levy LLP 2013 to date.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers’ Association.
Education
Handsworth Grammar School, Birmingham; University of Surrey & Universite Jean Moulin, Lyon III (BSc (Hons) French and Law); University of Wolverhampton (LPC).
Leisure
Football, Long Distance Running.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Employment > Employment: employee/union firms
With sector-specific expertise in sports, leisure, and hospitality, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP in Manchester provides ‘fantastic employment advice‘ to a broad range of employees, and the group is particularly knowledgeable in tribunal litigation, senior executive terminations, and redundancies. Leading the group, Kevin McKenna advises clients on the full spectrum of employment law, and is especially experienced in senior executive terminations, restrictive covenants, unfair dismissal claims, discrimination cases, and redundancies. The team also includes Sally Bird, who advises directors in boardroom disputes and has expertise in matters involving employee stakeholders, contractual disputes, and breach of restrictive covenants. Mark McKeating, who advises on a broad range of employment law and is particularly skilled in senior executive terminations, is also a key contact.
North West > Employment > Employment
(Leading partners)Praised by clients as ‘extremely knowledgeable‘, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP in Manchester handles a broad range of employment matters in a variety of industries, with particular expertise in the leisure and hospitality, sports, and education sectors. Practice head Kevin McKenna in Manchester advises on the full spectrum of employment issues, while Sally Bird has particular expertise in boardroom disputes, high-value contractual disputes and breach of restrictive covenants, as well as being experienced in the sports sector. Mark McKeating provides ‘excellent advice‘ in all employment matters, with a particular focus on senior executive terminations, the enforcement of restraint of trade provisions. and Employment Tribunal claims. Another notable practitioner is James Howarth, who is ‘particularly skilled in assisting clients with what might be the more technical and difficult process aspects of employment and data protection law‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners North West > Employment > Employment
- Employment North West > Employment
- Employment: employee/union firms North West > Employment
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Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Employment > Employment: employee/union firms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Manchester
- Real estate > Commercial property: Manchester
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Manchester
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Construction
- Real estate > Property litigation