Advice for Senior Executives

Our specialist team has particular expertise in providing legal advice to senior executives on their specific employment issues.

If you’re a senior executive seeking legal advice, you can rely on our specialist team. Here at Newtons Solicitors, our experts have the specialist experience required to assist with specific employment law issues relating to senior executives.

Our services in senior executive legal advice

Take a look at what kind of legal advice we can offer to senior executives below:

• Boardroom disputes and negotiated exits

We can offer extensive, pragmatic and commercially focussed legal advice for senior executives who may be departing from a business (whether in friendly or hostile circumstances), including concerns relating to employment, directorship and shareholdings (including share options).

• Settlement agreements

Your employer may have agreed a negotiated exit, in which case you may be required to end your executive appointment by signing a Settlement Agreement.  By doing so, you will generally give up your rights to bring a variety of claims against the company (including claims in the employment tribunal). Because of the importance of this waiver, the law requires you to receive independent legal advice on the terms of the agreement, but we can also help you decide whether the company’s settlement offer is fair and reasonable.  Such an agreement may also cover resignation from your directorship, transfer or sale of shares, and finalising any benefit arrangements. You may also want to look at how to ensure that your settlement payment is as advantageous as possible, from a tax perspective, and we can work alongside your accountant or financial advisor to facilitate this.

• Disciplinaries, dismissals and grievances

If you are facing a disciplinary procedure, or possible dismissal, or if you have a grievance against your employer, we can provide both legal and tactical guidance on your situation. We can also provide practical help in preparing for meetings and drafting letters. We can explain unfair dismissal eligibility and help you understand how an employee can be fairly dismissed, without the legal jargon.

• Employment tribunal claims

We offer expert advice on bringing claims in the employment tribunal and the courts in connection with the termination of your employment, board appointments and/or shareholdings.  We can advise you on whether to consider legal proceedings and guide you through the tactics and practicalities of tribunal or court proceedings.

Are you looking for legal advice for senior executives?

At Newtons, our team of legal advisers work hard to prioritise clients’ needs and has so far guided plenty of individuals through cases, including legal disputes. Our key contact is Paul Hargreaves.