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Under the joint leadership of Susan Thompson and Victoria Willson, the employment team at Simkins LLP regularly advises employers from the media and entertainment industries. Thompson specialises in redundancies and terminations, while Wilson excels in exits and breaches of restrictive covenants. The group is particularly impressive in Employment Tribunal litigation, involving discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal.
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  • ‘Andrew Czechowski is really easy to work with, completely on top of the brief and extremely thorough. Also had excellent tactical and strategic insight. ’

  • ‘I always found the team to be very helpful, quick to respond but above all, providing very concrete and specific advice with a number of solutions for the scenario, rather than general advice in principle, which I think makes them truly unique. ’

  • ‘In the last year, I have worked with Andrew Czechowski, and he has been brilliant. He always provides sound and concrete advice, and he provides solutions that are fair for both the business and the individual; he also has a very good ability to think in the "grey" while doing so.’

  • ‘Susan Thompson is a very experienced and pragmatic employment lawyer with a very strong commercial outlook.’

Key clients

  • Vinci Construction UK Limited / Vinci Construction Management Limited / Vinci plc
  • Avonline Network Services Limited
  • ID Systems UK Limited
  • Bronte Film and Television Limited/Snowed-In Productions Limited

Work highlights

Advised Vinci Construction UK Ltd in two tribunal claims which went to a final hearing, including successfully defending Vinci at a five-day race discrimination claim and achieving a strike out order in a further claim involving sex discrimination.
Advised Avonline Network Services Limited in an unfair dismissal claim in the Tribunal, securing a strike-out order against the claimant.
Advised Bronte Film and Television Limited (the producer of the Strike series) and Snowed-In Production (the producer of Joan and The Midwich Cuckoos), drafting employment contracts, secondment agreements, complex remuneration arrangements and policies for various TV productions.

Practice head

Susan Thompson; Victoria Willson

Other key lawyers

Andrew Czechowski