Richard Freedman
Partner
Richard is a leading employment law expert, guiding clients through a wide range of complex employment issues with precision.
Partner
Richard is a leading employment law expert, guiding clients through a wide range of complex employment issues with precision.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Richard is a Partner in Stephenson Harwood's Employment team, renowned for his expertise in handling intricate matters across the full duration of the employment relationship. He supports clients in a diverse range of sectors including professional services, financial services, hospitality and retail amongst others, offering comprehensive guidance on employment contracts, staff policies. He is adept at managing redundancy processes, reorganisation strategies and investigations.
Clients value Richard's ability to seamlessly integrate legal advice with commercial acumen. His proficiency in identifying and crafting pragmatic solutions to disputes provides clients with clarity and confidence in resolving difficulties within the workforce. Where needed, Richard applies strategic thinking and a tenacious drive to employment litigation to achieve successful results.
Richard has a strong track record of advising clients on the employment aspects of transactions including private acquisitions, management buyouts, and IPOs. Working closely with his corporate and commercial colleagues he has a particular specialism in advising on TUPE transfers.
Defending a high value and significantly complex discrimination and whistleblowing claim in the ET and EAT
Successfully acted for the employer in defending a highly complex and high value claim containing over 50 allegations of discrimination and whistleblowing brought in the Employment Tribunal and subsequently the Employment Appeal Tribunal.Successfully resolving multimillion pound tri-partite TUPE dispute
Advised on the successful resolution of a multimillion pound TUPE related dispute concerning three corporate entities and multiple employees.Capita plc v Darch & others [2017] IRLR 718
Successfully acted on an interim application in respect of alleged breaches of post termination restrictions and confidentiality obligations by its former employees. Was part of the team which successfully argued that the Order sought was too wide as it would extend beyond the type of information that may be relevant to the claim and included irrelevant private and personal information.
