Louise has many years’ experience advising clients across a range of sectors, including household name clients in the retail and hospitality sector, as well as significant businesses in the insurance, logistics, and manufacturing sectors. Her key clients include many household name businesses, major corporates, and globally recognised insurance businesses. Louise also heads our national insurance EPL practice.

Louise regularly advises businesses on their most sensitive employment law issues, including senior hires and exits, restrictive covenant disputes, trade union matters, complex discrimination, whistleblowing issues, and change management. She is able to draw on her experience of lengthy secondments at both Asda and Royal Mail to ensure that her advice and support, and that of the teams she leads, is business and commercially focused.

Featured experience:

• Advising global restaurant chain on all of its UK employment law issues, which includes supporting its HR team on a daily basis on issues ranging from disciplinaries and grievances to more strategic matters such as senior exits, TUPE transfers and changing terms and conditions
• Supporting a well-known plc on the disposal of part of its business as well as a strategic partnership with one of its competitors, including complex TUPE arrangements, redundancies and consultation obligations
• Advising a large global retailer on the integration of a new business, including the transfer of employees, collective consultation on changing terms and conditions, and store closures
• Providing strategic advice to multi-site employers on the Employment Rights Act 2025, particularly relating to trade union access and the lowering of statutory recognition thresholds, changes to zero hours contracts, and harassment obligations

Endorsements:

Louise was listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2024 and also won Employment Lawyer of the Year in the Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards. She is recognised as a Band 1 leading lawyer by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, who say:

• “Louise really knows how to apply the law commercially to our often complex issues. Her advice is clear, focused and relevant. She is very responsive and always available.”
• “Louise is great - very knowledgeable and very polished. I would highly recommend her.”
• “Louise knows our business exceptionally well. She takes everything in her stride, is thorough and diligent, and asks great questions.” - Chambers and Partners UK, 2026
• “A big hitting team that boasts a very impressive client list...Louise Bloomfield leads the group and is known for her strategic approach to high-pressure and often sensitive matters.” - Legal 500 UK, 2026
• "Louise is outstanding."
• "The team has excellent partners who are highly responsive and provide exceptional service and value to the organisation."
• "Louise is solid, always reliable and able to deliver to tight deadlines." - Chambers & Partners UK, 2025
• "Louise is an exceptional thought partner with outstanding knowledge and empathy. She is a truly trusted partner and excellent to work with. Louise is incredibly efficient with her advice and is very knowledgeable and commercial." - Chambers & Partners UK, 2024