Matt McDonald > Shakespeare Martineau LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Shakespeare Martineau LLP Offices
NO 1 COLMORE SQUARE
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6AA
England
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Matt McDonald
Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Matt’s expertise cover all areas of Employment law. He has considerable experience of advising clients on complex employment litigation, senior hires and exits, large-scale redundancy exercises and complicated TUPE issues.
Matt has a reputation for giving pragmatic and commercially-focussed advice, and is noted for his ability quickly to get to the heart of complex issues. He has particular expertise in employee-related high court litigation, including advising clients on the enforcement of restrictive covenants. He also specialises in national minimum wage issues and disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Employment > Employment
Shakespeare Martineau LLP is ‘excellent at understanding what you are trying to achieve as a business, and then how you can achieve that’. The versatile team advises employers and employees across a wide range of sectors, with particular expertise in the education sector. It also has a flourishing ‘third sector’ client base. The practice is particularly well-known for its handling of employment tribunal litigation. David Browne frequently works on major restructuring projects. Tom Long heads the firm’s further education sector, while Matt McDonald is also recommended. Michael Hibbs has now retired.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Public sector > Education
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Employment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Social housing
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the West Midlands
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant