Adam is an Associate in the Employment department, specialising in supporting innovative and scaling businesses.
He has experience across both contentious and non-contentious UK employment matters with particular expertise managing employee relations, supporting share and asset transactions, and delivering employment law training to managers, HR professionals, and business leaders. The Legal 500 has recommended him as a 'contactable, proactive and commercially focused' Associate.
Adam regularly presents on the legal considerations of emerging and disruptive industries, informed by both his work and his personal interest in technology. Recent engagements include presenting on workplace innovation with Legal Geek, AI in the workplace with CIPD, and the law and business of esports with various universities.
Key Experience
- Supporting multi-million-pound acquisitions in the healthcare and social care sectors, including due diligence support, navigating TUPE, and negotiating director's service, settlement, and consultancy agreements.
- Negotiating terms and conditions for the deployment of software developers from an employment business to blue chip end clients.
- Drafting full-suites of employment and HR documents for start-ups and fast acceleration businesses seeking investment including policies, employment, worker, and consultancy contracts, service agreements, data protection document suites, and recruitment and on-boarding documents.
- Defending businesses in the Employment Tribunal against a variety of claims including unfair dismissal, discrimination, breach of contractual rights, and whistleblowing detriment.
- Advising on employment status categorisation and the application of the Off-Payroll Working Rules.
Career History
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Acuity Law Limited
Solicitor, Acuity Law Limited
BPP University, LLM Legal Practice (Solicitors)
BPP University, LLB Law
Cardiff University, BSc Criminology