Nick Humphreys
Partner
Nick is a partner in the London office specialising in both contentious and non-contentious employment work. He has expertise in the international aspects of employment law, industrial relations law and in the employment aspects of sport – particularly professional football.
Nick advises on a wide range of HR problems, policies and strategy including the management of large-scale business reorganisations. His client base includes airlines, renewable energy companies, telecommunications companies, insurers, commercial shipping clients, cruise companies and yacht sector clients, as well as senior executives and clients in sport.
I am an employment and sports lawyer specialising in litigation and business restructuring, often with an international element. I am instructed by clients to get results, usually in difficult situations, and I aim not to disappoint.
The full range of advice Nick provides includes document reviews; general employment advice; employment litigation in the High Court, employment tribunal and specialist arbitral tribunals in sport; industrial relations law advice for employers; the employment law aspects of company sales and business transfers; private international law aspects of employment law; and aviation and maritime employment law.
Having qualified in 1999, Nick became a partner at Thomas Cooper, one of the Penningtons Manches Cooper legacy firms, in 2015. Nick is the author of Trade Union Law and Collective Employment Rights (Jordan), an editor of the Sweet & Maxwell Encyclopaedia of Employment Law, and a contributor to Tolley’s Employment Law Service and Tolley’s Health and Safety at Work Handbook.
Recent work highlights
European business restructure
Culture and behaviour investigation
Litigation for global airline
Termination agreement and new employment contract
Sexual assault and harassment investigation
Territorial jurisdiction strike out
Termination of EMEA CFO
Listed company TUPE transfer
Termination of EMEA CFO
Listed company TUPE transfer
External recognition
What people are saying
May be the hardest-working lawyer in Western Europe. I have seen him handle effectively workloads that would crush an ordinary lawyer. Nothing is too much for a client to ask. He is there when you need him and delivers when he is asked to. He is exceptional.
Offers unparalleled client service. Really fights the client’s corner. Coupled with detailed subject matter knowledge and good tactical nous makes for a potent combination.
Stute, gets results and is a – if not the – leading figure in sports disputes with an employment law angle.”
Gives every case his all. You get his energy, his considerable experience, his deft business judgment and his good humour.
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