Mr Dan Begbie-Clench > Doyle Clayton > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Doyle Clayton Offices
ONE CROWN COURT
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 6LR
England
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Mr Dan Begbie-Clench
Work Department
Employment
Position
Partner, specialist in employment law. Dan advises companies and senior executives on the full range of employment law issues. His clients include financial services, pharmaceutical, media, tech and fashion companies. He regularly advises on enforcing post-termination restrictions, preventing employees from using confidential information, strategic employment law issues and reorganisations.
Recently work includes successfully defended a household-name Plc and an international insurance broker in whistleblowing claims brought by overseas employees, and have enforced restrictive covenants in the High Court against former employees.
Dan takes a lead role in Doyle Clayton’s founding membership of ELLINT, the network of specialist European employment law firms. Many of his clients are international and he will regularly work on cross-border matters.
Career
Where trained: Olswang, London
Year qualified: 2003
Year made partner in present firm: 2015
Please summarise your professional career (ie: posts, jobs, appointments)
Trained at Olswang, qualifying into the Employment Department in 2003.
Moved to Parker & Co in 2005.
Moved to Doyle Clayton in 2011, promoted to Partner in 2015.
Before the LPC Dan spent a year working at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Languages
French
Italian
Memberships
ELA, EELA, ELLINT (Employment & Labor Lawyers International)
Education
Main secondary school attended: King Edward’s School, Birmingham
Universities and colleges attended: BPP Law School, London, 2000 – 2001
University of Sheffield, 1995- 1999
Université de Nancy (France), 1997 – 1998
(Degrees and qualifications with years attained): LPC, 2001
BA Law with French, 1999
Certificat d’études juridiques francaises, 1997
Leisure
Keen runner, and supporter of Birmingham City FC
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Well regarded for its involvement in ‘complex and high-profile employment claims’, Doyle Clayton handles unfair dismissals, contentious exits, discrimination claims and restrictive covenants. Serving clients from financial services, banks and private equity firms, practice head Peter De Maria specialises in new service agreements, contentious departures and settlement agreements. Dan Begbie-Clench is another key member of the practice and is called upon by senior executives in a range of sectors for assistance with the negotiation of contracts and favourable exit terms, while Peter Daly enjoys a stellar reputation in litigation involving senior executives, with specific expertise in discrimination and whistleblowing claims.