James Baker
UK Guide 2025
Band 4 : Employment: Senior Executive
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About
Provided by James Baker
Practice Areas
James is a partner and head of Lee & Thompson’s Employment team. He has over 20 years’ experience as an employment lawyer, most recently heading up the Employment team at Teacher Stern which he joined in 2009 and grew the team from a standing start.
His work covers all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law with a particular emphasis on business protection and confidentiality, TUPE, negotiating the beginning and end of employment relationships for employers and senior executives and day-to-day employment advice for businesses and individuals. James has experience working for clients in the film and TV sector as well as the wider creative industries.
Chambers Review
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James Baker heads the employment team at Lee & Thompson. He has a strong practice which sees him advise senior executives in the media and entertainment and professional services sectors on the full range of employment matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"James is great, easy to get on with, very responsive and very helpful."
"He brings a calm, solution-based approach even to complex cases."
"He can keep negotiations on track and is very good at advocating clients interests in a measured and effective manner."
"James is great, easy to get on with, very responsive and very helpful."
"He brings a calm, solution-based approach even to complex cases."
"He can keep negotiations on track and is very good at advocating clients interests in a measured and effective manner."
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