Joe Beeston > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Forsters LLP Offices

22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Joe Beeston

Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner
Career
Joe is a Partner in the Employment team. He advises on the full range of employment law issues and much of his experience has an international dimension. Joe also advises clients on immigration and data protection matters.
He has experience advising banks, large corporations, property companies, private equity houses and asset management firms. He often advises clients on HR issues (such as redundancies, disciplinary and grievance processes and investigations), employment litigation and the employment aspects arising on corporate transactions (including global carve-outs). Joe has an interest in advising on whistle-blowing complaints.
Separately, Joe acts for senior executives in their negotiations on the terms of their service agreements and settlement agreements. He is also a member of Forsters’ Senior Executives team which provides holistic advice and support to internationally mobile senior executives on tax, employment and immigration.
Joe co-heads Forsters’ pro bono committee and is also a committee member on the firm’s diversity and inclusion committee.
Joe was promoted to Partner in April 2023.
He has spent time on secondment at two global banks and a national retailer. Joe joined the Forsters’ Employment team in December 2018 from Clifford Chance LLP.
Memberships
The Law Society
Employment Lawyers Association
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Characterised by its ‘simple ability to be personable and guide with gentle persuasion‘, the employment and partnerships practice at Forsters LLP is regularly turned to by clients from highly regulated FTSE and AIM-listed companies. The team was considerably strengthened by the arrival of practice head Jo Keddie from Winckworth Sherwood LLP in April 2024, bringing extensive experience in high-value discrimination and whistleblowing claims to the table. Joe Beeston is a key name for the negotiation of service agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Real estate > Planning
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers