Employment and Pensions
By Alex Lock
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Employment and Pensions
What we do
Our employment and pensions group combines the highest quality of technical advice, a deep investment in personal relationships and an effective use of technology.
We provide clients with solutions that balance their legal and commercial requirements, are delivered efficiently and offer real value. We are adaptive to client requirements and tailor our response to achieve the right outcome.
We also offer a short term employment solutions service, run through the DAC Beachcroft People Pool.
What we are known for
At the same time as managing the most complex and partner intensive strategic issues we handle high volumes of straightforward tribunal claims. This provides an invaluable retention and transfer of client knowledge that improves the overall efficiency of our service delivery.
Detailed elements of our services
Across the spectrum of work our purpose-built case-management system ensures a consistency of advice wherever we're working. Recognised experts lead a variety of specialist teams in discrimination and diversity, trade union relations, TUPE and transactional support, business immigration, equal pay and pensions. We advise on partnership and LLP issues.
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What our clients say
'A client says: "They have an excellent understanding of us and our work, and I'm very happy with the quality of their advice".' Chambers and Partners UK 2018 Edition, Employment, London
'Clients say: "The advice you get and the responsiveness are very good".' Chambers and Partners UK 2018 Edition, Employment, North West
'Clients praise the team for being "timely, knowledgeable and accurate".' Chambers and Partners UK 2018 Edition, Employment, North East
'A client says: "They were fantastic - the best law firm I have worked with".' Chambers and Partners UK 2018 Edition, Employment, Bristol
"They are highly professional, responsive and helpful." Chambers and Partners UK 2017 Edition, Employment, Bristol
"They really are a team you feel confident having behind you." Chambers and Partners UK 2017 Edition, Employment, Yorkshire
'DAC Beachcroft LLP fields a "responsive, knowledgeable" team that provides "clear, commercially focused advice in a manner that suits the client’s business".' Legal 500 UK 2017 Edition, Employment, Leeds and West Yorkshire
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