e3 employment law LLP > Manchester, England > Firm Profile
e3 employment law LLP Offices
DELPHIAN HOUSE, RIVERSIDE
NEW BAILEY STREET
MANCHESTER
M3 5FS
England
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e3 employment law LLP > The Legal 500 Rankings
Employment Tier 1
Boutique firm e3 employment law LLP is praised as ‘an incredibly strong employment law practice delivering commercial and pragmatic advice’, primarily to blue chip clients and global businesses. The group is experienced in a broad range of employment issues, especially those surrounding restructurings, industrial disputes, TUPE transfers, and restrictive covenants. In Liverpool, the group includes Dan Bickerstaffe
, who is praised as ‘very knowledgeable, commercial and a safe pair of hands' and is sought after in TUPE matters and large-scale restructurings, and Simon Ost, whose advice is ‘solid, implementable and prompt’. Ost is particularly seasoned in complex restructuring projects and employment litigation involving discrimination and whistleblowing. Nick Jones in Manchester focuses on employment aspects of corporate life, including board level changes, restructurings, and severances. Practice head(s):
Simon Ost; Dan Bickerstaffe; Nick Jones
Testimonials
‘e3 is an incredibly strong employment law practice delivering commercial and pragmatic advice.’
‘Excellent employment law knowledge and expertise in industrial relations and consultation. Practical advice and templates where needed and step-by-step guidance for complex consultation. Good network of associates and experts when needed for specialist areas.’
‘Dan Bickerstaffe is very knowledgeable, commercial and a safe pair of hands. He instills confidence in his clients and is firm but polite in negotiations.’
‘Nick Jones has a great understanding of our business and our culture, and he has advised us on many difficult matters, always finding a commercial solution to our needs.’
‘Personal attention and wide knowledge of employment law.’
‘e3 is a specialist, boutique law firm. As such, they provide a partner-led service and their advice is of a high standard. They are reliable, punctual and commercially-savvy.’
‘Simon Ost has provided expert advice on some very delicate and complex employment matters over the last 12 months. His advice is always solid, implementable and prompt.’
‘The advice provided is always sufficiently detailed and commercially nuanced to make it very useful and applicable.’
Key clients
BASF plc
Elior UK plc
On The Beach Group plc
Perspex International Limited
Culina Group
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited
WEPA UK Limited
Leonard Curtis Business Solutions Group
Conductix-Wampfler
Service to the Aged
Work highlights
- Defended a stock exchange listed group against claims of failure to inform and consult under TUPE and failure to collectively consult about proposed redundancies brought by two prominent national trade unions.
- Defending a household name employer against high-profile litigation in the Employment Tribunal involving allegations of whistleblowing and discrimination on the grounds of multiple protected characteristics.
- Advising the Main Board Managing Director of an international advanced manufacturing business on the complex departure from this role.
e3 employment law LLP > Firm Profile
e3 employment law LLP is a new breed of boutique law firm created in response to the modern commercial environment. The firm focuses exclusively on employment law and industrial relations issues.
The firm: e3 has a unique team of talented employment partners, who have moved out of large international law firms and who now provide exactly the same quality of advice and support, but through a more streamlined and efficient law firm, e3. This means that e3 delivers the highest levels of expertise but from within a more efficient model to produce greater value for clients. The firm’s efficiency means that e3 can and does provide a more dedicated and tailored service to clients. It does this by spending time with a client, understanding the business, exploring the legal and practical issues with the client, and listening to what the business wants to achieve. Each one of e3’s partners has been independently recognised as a leading expert in employment law for many years. Each one has decades of practical experience to draw upon.
Rather than a name which focuses on founder members, e3’s name deliberately focuses on the firm’s service delivery. The name e3 operates as a living reminder to every individual within the firm and as a continuous commitment to every client that e3 will deliver legal support that is effective, efficient and economic (the eponymous three e’s) as follows:
Effective: e3’s lawyers apply their leading expertise and use all of their vast practical experience to achieve one thing and one thing only: their clients’ goals.
Efficient: real-life experience means that e3 lawyers know the short cuts, the points that matter and the issues that will make a difference, so that clients don’t waste valuable time and money on unnecessary issues.
Economic: e3 is committed to providing clear value for money in everything it does and provides a refreshing range of flexible cost-management structures.
Businesses say that when they get legal support that is effective in obtaining their goals, and it does so efficiently and the solutions make obvious economic sense, then that legal support delivers outstanding commercial value. The core purpose of e3, as prominently reflected in its name, is to deliver the three e’s and so provide outstanding commercial value.
Types of work undertaken
Employment law: the full range of employment law services are provided, both contentious and non-contentious.
Examples include: preparing effective contractual documentation, including service agreements, contracts, handbooks, policies and procedures that support the business’ culture and its aims; addressing and resolving grievance and disciplinary issues; handling discrimination issues both sensitively and effectively; preparing for and handling sensitive/complex terminations; resolving executive disputes; handling litigation (both Tribunal and Civil Court claims) to maximise results and minimise disruption to the business; all aspects of trade union issues, including recognition requests, managing and reshaping industrial relations, and managing industrial disputes; Works Council and European Works Council; business restructures and change management; protecting the business from current and former employees, including drafting and enforcing restrictive covenants and advising on team recruitment; and business transfers including outsourcing.
Lawyer Profiles
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Dan Bickerstaffe | Employment law partner. Former international law firm partner with over 13 years’… | View Profile |
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Nick Jones | Employment law partner. Former international law firm partner with over 20 years’… | View Profile |
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Simon Ost | Employment law partner. Former international law firm partner with over 14 years’… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of UK partners : 3 Number of other UK fee-earners : 4- Employment