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Leigh Day Offices

Leigh Day
Panagram
27 Goswell Road
LONDON
EC1M 7AJ
England
Visit website 020 7650 1200 020 7253 4433

Nigel MacKay

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020 7650 1200 [email protected]

Work Department

Employment

Position

Nigel is a partner and joint head of the Employment Department at Leigh Day.

Nigel deals with all aspects of employment and discrimination law. He represents employees, senior executives and trade union clients in claims before the Employment Tribunal all the way up to the Supreme Court. Nigel also advises on contracts, restrictive covenants and bonus issues.

Nigel has particular expertise in advising senior directors and executives, as well as those working in the gig economy.

Nigel is a frequent public speaker on employment law issues and is regularly asked to provide comment to the media.

Career

  • MA law, Cambridge University
  • LPC, BPP Law School
  • Trainee and associate at Herbert Smith (now Herbert Smith Freehills)
  • Senior Associate at Squire Sanders (now Squire Patton Boggs)
  • Partner, Leigh Day

Memberships

Nigel is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association training committee.

Personal

Employment Law and the Gig Economy by Nigel Mackay and Annie Powell (Law Publishing Brief, 2018)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employees/unions

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Nigel Mackay – Leigh Day

The team of ‘fearless lawyers and very creative thinkers’ at Leigh Day is noted as ‘the best in the country’ by its clients. The group harnesses expertise across the remit of employment and discrimination matters, and is at the forefront of conversation regarding equal pay and workers’ rights in particular. The team’s client list is formed solely of individual and Trade Union claimants, and it frequently handles large-scale group litigation claims made against renowned names, an area which Chris Benson has particular experience in. Michael Newman has strong capabilities handling sector-spanning litigious matters at Supreme Court level; ‘absolute powerhouse’ Kiran Daurka acts across age discrimination and victimisation, and equal pay matters, often in collaboration with the ‘endlessly enthusiastic’ Paula Lee. Further names to note include Elizabeth George who is also well-equipped to act on prominent equal pay claims, Nick Webster who is an expert in handling individual claimant matters, and Liana Wood who is developing a specialism in employment status and gig economy litigation work. The group is co-led by Nigel MacKay and Emma Satyamurti.

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