The employment practice at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has a notable emphasis on sensitive litigation and reputation protection in regulated sectors, particularly financial and professional services. The firm also possesses a wealth of experience in team moves, data privacy, and transactions. Rebecca Harding-Hill is a key reference for litigation in the financial sector, with a proven track record in cases involving discrimination, injunctions, and ill-health management. Practice co-head Catherine Turner is active in workplace investigations, with additional expertise in remuneration issues and non-financial misconduct. Adam Lambert departed in 2024, while Jackie Thomas and James Anderson joined the team, and Katherine Pope was made partner.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Excellent team - very capable and quick to respond.’

  • ‘Katherine Pope is an excellent partner - very capable, efficient and effective. ’

  • ‘Solid employment practice with good litigation experience. ’

  • ‘Katherine Pope is sensible, pragmatic and responsive. ’

  • ‘The advice offered by BCLP employment team is strategic and pragmatic. The team work closely together and the collaboration that happens behind the scenes makes it easy for clients. I find that BCLP's breadth of practice areas and the collaboration between them is what sets BCLP apart; they understand both employment and regulatory considerations in depth.’

  • ‘Katherine Pope has an exceptional attention to detail, combined with a strategic view. She gets to know your business as well as you do, and feels like an extension of our team. She is pragmatic and down-to-earth. She'll be thinking one step ahead of you and is proactive in her advice to help clients manage risks before they have seen them.’

  • ‘The team is truly outstanding in range and depth. ’

  • ‘ Katherine Pope is a truly exceptional professional. She is strategic, insightful, and extremely responsive. A person always to have on the team for the most challenging cases.’'This firm do what many others do not - take the time to truly get to know our business and give tailored advice with that in mind. Incredibly responsive, no issue is an issue too big or too small. They genuinely feel like an extension of our internal legal team.''BCLP is a firm that will always aim for the best possible outcome for their clients, having realistically managed expectations. One of the issues that makes the firm unique is their ability to dissect and explain what can be quite complex legal issues into straightforward forward easily digestible information.'

Key clients

  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Stifel Financial Corp.
  • Lumen Technologies
  • Citibank
  • Agilitas
  • Société BIC S.A.
  • TFG Brands, a subsidiary of The Foschini Group
  • Mueller Water Products
  • MarketCast

Work highlights

Advising on a highly complex, multi-million pound tribunal claim in a regulated sector, involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, and substantial whistleblowing detriments.
Advising on a substantial and potentially very damaging multi-jurisdiction team move, including advice on strategy and an application for an injunction, to enforce post termination restrictions.
Advising on a highly sensitive matter, involving multiple discrimination claims including complaints of sexual harassment brought by a vulnerable individual. Advising with reference to the new sexual harassment preventative duty assessing what “reasonable steps” are expected under new government guidance.

Lawyers

Leading partners

The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Leading associates

Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

Rebecca Harding-Hill; Catherine Turner

Other key lawyers

Katherine Pope; James Anderson; Jackie Thomas