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Chambers UK

2025 edition

‘Penningtons Manches Cooper guide us with a confident and risk-averse approach that gives us huge peace of mind and confidence to take action on key strategic decisions.’

‘Penningtons set out the options and discuss them with us, so that as the client we feel that we understand the issues fully and are aware of our options.’

‘The whole team is fantastic and they talk things through very well. Their communication, standard of work and how they run litigation is second to none.’

Notable practitioners

‘Hilary [Aldred] gives me huge confidence in moving forward with difficult organisational situations. I cannot rate her highly enough.’

‘Binder [Bansel] is one of the UK’s pre-eminent experts in all aspects of collective labour law. He is masterful and inspiring in defending trade union clients and advising on industrial relations strategy.’

‘Liz [Cardy] is an excellent employment lawyer with very strong commercial awareness, is responsive, and offers sensible and practical advice. She’s very easy to work with.’

Anthea Christie: ‘She is really remarkable in her ability to relay, be proactive with and explain difficult legal matters to lay clients.’

Mike Cole: ‘He is extremely professional in his manner, an eloquent communicator and has a great relationship-building rapport with everyone he meets.’

Andrew Haywood: ‘He’s very commercial, proactive and provides robust advice.’

Paul Mander: ‘He is super responsive, very commercially focused and will tailor his approach and advice accordingly.’

‘Daff [Richardson] has exceptional knowledge and is always able to provide an agreeable solution.’

‘Victoria Spires advises commercial clients on everything from employment disputes and allegations of discrimination to day-to-day matters.’

‘Charissa [Upton] was astute, reassuring, reliable, highly knowledgeable and a real ally. She was a pleasure to work with and filled me with confidence at every step of the process.’

‘Sophie [Whitbread] provides confident, practical advice which is commercially astute. She always turns around work quickly when required, which can be invaluable.’

‘The service, support and advice provided to us by Eugene [Wojciechowski] is excellent.’

‘Gemma [Woodhouse] always provides excellent, pragmatic and commercially sound advice. She understands how the business works.’

Legal 500

2025 edition

‘A level of commitment far above what I expected. Fantastic communication throughout the process.’

‘I am so impressed with their work ethic, honesty, passion for helping the client and overall service quality. Proud to be associated with them.’

‘There is no project that is too big or too small for the employment team. Their response time to requests for support and advice is almost immediate, and they are always supported with options and alternative approaches. I can’t imagine going anywhere else!’

Notable practitioners

‘Hilary Aldred (Partner) is a standout lawyer and tactician, who knows the law back to front, and has an impressive client following. ‘

‘Binder Bansel is the doyenne of police employment law, trusted by the Police Federation and members to handle cases of the highest importance and sensitivity.’

‘Anthea Christie is a committed and intelligent lawyer and an excellent communicator with clients, barristers and opponents alike which makes her perfectly suited for group litigation and managing large numbers of clients.’

‘Michael Cole is one of the most personable and approachable that I have encountered, ensuring the ability to work with him, explore all eventualities and options is maximised. A consummate professional.’

‘Mike Cole and Liz Cardy are extremally accessible and responsive, they make an effort to get to know us as an organisation and HR team, visiting the team, providing a regular employment law update and keeping in touch with wider developments across our sector.’

‘Nick Humphreys combines a comprehensive knowledge of the law with sound tactical judgment and wide-ranging experience of contentious employment matters. He is untiring in the pursuit of the best outcomes for his clients and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Paul Mander is well respected by the people who use him here and is incredibly responsive, and an absolute pleasure to work with – it’s rare to deal with someone who retains such a great sense of humour even in pressurised circumstances.’

‘Chris Syder is a trusted partner and the first person I will contact if a complicated employment matter arises.’

‘Charissa Upton – very pragmatic and highly intelligent.’

‘Tom Walker is exceedingly intelligent, commercially focused, incredibly supportive of our organisation’s position and has a very human approach to all matters referred to him.’

‘Sophie Whitbread is a fantastic employment associate. She is quick, very clever and excellent at taking a commercial approach to litigation.’

‘Gemma Woodhouse is always available, gives sensible commercial advice and backs it up with a robust litigation approach.’

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