Employment: Employer
UK Guide 2025 : Northern Ireland
Band 2
Contact number
(028) 9089 4800Chambers Review
Pinsent Masons offers local employment expertise to major players across a variety of industries, notably in financial services and retail. The firm takes a commercial approach to the handling of corporate, industrial relations and tribunal matters. The team is noted for experience advising on complex restructuring processes.
Work Highlights
- Pinsent Masons Belfast's employment team carried out due diligence throughout Westbridge Fund Managers' £14.2 million acquisition of the share capital of Survey Solutions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pinsent Masons is excellent at exploring multiple routes and options and assessing the risks and benefits of each."
"The firm provides practical advice tailored to our needs. They have a clear understanding of complex issues and, most importantly for us, expert navigation of the NI jurisdiction."
"Pinsent Masons have personality and approachability; it is like working with your own colleagues, with partners providing expertise in a succinct, understanding and highly responsive way."
"They are pragmatic and personable in their approach, drawing upon specialist experience across the organisation. They turn requests for support around really quickly."
"Pinsent Masons is excellent at exploring multiple routes and options and assessing the risks and benefits of each."
"The firm provides practical advice tailored to our needs. They have a clear understanding of complex issues and, most importantly for us, expert navigation of the NI jurisdiction."
"Pinsent Masons have personality and approachability; it is like working with your own colleagues, with partners providing expertise in a succinct, understanding and highly responsive way."
"They are pragmatic and personable in their approach, drawing upon specialist experience across the organisation. They turn requests for support around really quickly."
Notable Practitioners
Craig Patterson is a senior associate in the employment team at Pinsent Masons who is dual-qualified to practise in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales. He advises on both contentious and non-contentious issues, including TUPE matters and redundancy and terminations.
"Craig is a highly effective communicator whose ability to analyse difficult issues is compelling."
"Craig is very proactive and knows what is going on. He is great for cross-border, complex transactions."
"Craig is a pleasure to work with. He is professional, empathetic, responsive and extremely knowledgeable."
"Craig is pragmatic, thorough and clearly an expert in his field. We have confidence in his advice."
"Craig is always responsive, providing great advice and guidance. He is balanced and calm, and takes stakeholders into consideration."