Tom Walker > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Tom Walker
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Tom is an employment partner in London. He acts for a range of clients from individual directors and executives to multinational companies. He regularly advises both boards and individuals on team moves and on financial regulatory matters where he has a particular expertise. He has a depth of experience in sex discrimination and whistleblowing. He has carried out several sex discrimination cases and achieved high payout settlements.
Career
Trained Frere Cholmeley; qualified 1994; partner 2008, Manches.
Languages
French
Memberships
ELA
Education
Judd School, Tonbridge (1979-1986); Leeds University, English Literature BA (Hons) 2:1 (1987-1990); Birmingham University, CPE (1990-1991); College of Law, York, LSF (1991-1992).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is distinguished by its ‘great experience in acting for senior executives and winning their trust’. The practice counts top-tier senior executives among its client base, including managing directors, founders, CEOs, chairpersons and Premier League football managers. Paul Mander sits at the head of the practice and is regularly tasked with handling senior executive departures and arrivals. Ably supporting the practice, Ruby Dinsmore is a key contact for discrimination matters (with a niche in representing clients with neurodiverse capabilities); Tom Walker has strong expertise in the financial services sector; Hester Jewitt handles incentive agreements and post-termination restrictions; and Sarah Mant is knowledgeable about discrimination and gender equality issues.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial