Combining ‘candid, practical advice with a client-focused attitude and good ethos’, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP covers contentious matters as well as advice on complex remuneration packages and negotiations with employers. The firm advises top-tier senior executives, representing chairpersons, managing directors, finance directors, founders, CEOs and premier league football coaches and managers. Paul Mander leads the team which includes senior associates Sarah Mant, who handles all matters arising prior to, during and beyond the end of the employment relationship; and Hester Jewitt, who is ‘truly a stand out professional’.
‘Candid, practical advice with a client focused attitude and good ethos. Appreciated the pragmatism and diligence to the matters I collaborated with them on personally. Full trust in my Counsel.’
‘The practice is well staffed and is able to turn around large projects quickly. They are transparent and honest to deal with as well as very willing to collaborate with other teams whenever it is beneficial to the client, while also not drawing on others where it would cause unnecessary costs to the client. They strike a wonderful balance in quality of service and cost and always aim to make the client’s life easier.’
The Legal 500 - 2023 edition