Graham Green

Partner

Graham is a partner in the employment team, based in the Cambridge and London offices. His practice covers the complete range of employment matters, including discrimination, equal pay, whistleblowing, all forms of employment advisory matters, Employment Tribunal, EAT and High Court litigation and complex global employment projects.

Specialising in the technology and media sectors, Graham has advised leading media companies and multi-nationals on the employment aspects of major projects, share and asset acquisitions and disposals, outsourcings, restructurings, and high-profile executive exits. His clients include major UK and US TV and film broadcasters and production companies, global pharmaceuticals and consultancy businesses, and FTSE 100 companies.

Working for TV and film broadcast and production clients, as well as major tech corporates, is a real privilege. I thoroughly enjoy providing practical legal advice, and oftentimes critical business support, to great clients whose businesses I’m passionate about. It’s a pleasure to be recognised as a leading employment lawyer for media clients.

Graham Green, Partner

Graham has many years’ litigation experience. He defends all types of discrimination and whistleblowing claims, as well as handling unfair dismissal and disputes over contractual entitlements. His contentious work also includes high value bonus claims and claims based on restraint of trade issues. Additionally, Graham has been advising for over 20 years on the application of the Equality Act 2010 to talent selection and all other aspects of TV and film broadcast and production, and has provided guidance to the government on this issue.

Legal 500 describes Graham as ‘a go-to name for media, entertainment and technology corporates’, as well as ‘technically strong’, having an ‘eye for detail’, and ‘absolutely brilliant’. He is also ranked as a leading lawyer in employment in Chambers UK.

Recent work highlights

Discrimination issues in media organisations

Advising major TV broadcasters and production companies on discrimination issues affecting all aspects of their businesses.

Age discrimination claim in broadcasting

Acting for a major UK broadcaster and international sports production company in successfully defending a claim of age discrimination.

BBC equal pay employment matters

Acting for the BBC on equal pay matters including grievance and appeal processes and Employment Tribunal litigation.

Post-acquisition integration in multiple jurisdictions

Leading the team acting for a major global tech company on post-acquisition integration issues in over 100 jurisdictions.

Employment matters in film production

Advising Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures on various film production-related employment matters.

Cross-border workforce safeguarding issues

Advising Netflix on sensitive multijurisdictional safeguarding issues affecting its international workforce.