Ranking tables
Employment | UK
East Anglia
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Birketts LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Mills & Reeve LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Eversheds Sutherland
Band 3
- Greenwoods Legal LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Mishcon de Reya LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Ashtons Legal
- Cambridge Employment Law
- Leathes Prior
Senior Statespeople
- Tracy Yates Mills & Reeve LLP27 Years Ranked
- Oliver BrabbinsAshtons Legal
Eminent Practitioners
Band 1
- David Mills Mills & Reeve LLP18 Years Ranked
- Hilary Aldred Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP20 Years Ranked
- Jeanette Wheeler Birketts LLP17 Years Ranked
- Matthew PotterHowes Percival LLP
- Simon TytherleighEversheds Sutherland
Band 2
- James Kidd Mills & Reeve LLP11 Years Ranked
- Joanna Scally Greenwoods Legal LLP10 Years Ranked
- Selene Holden Greene & Greene13 Years Ranked
- Constanze MoorhouseEversheds Sutherland
- Oliver PrykeCambridge Employment Law
Band 3
- Caroline Yarrow BDB Pitmans LLP1 Years Ranked
- Greg Jones Greene & Greene5 Years Ranked
- John Macaulay Greenwoods Legal LLP18 Years Ranked
- Kelly Sayers Keystone Law8 Years Ranked
- Kim Wedral-Rooke Mishcon de Reya LLP4 Years Ranked
- Matthew Cole Prettys18 Years Ranked
- Matthew Newnham Birketts LLP10 Years Ranked
- Rachel Ashwood Mishcon de Reya LLP1 Years Ranked
- Claire SleepAshtons Legal
- Dan ChapmanLeathes Prior
- Eleanor FreemanCambridge Employment Law
- Elizabeth GravesEversheds Sutherland
- Julian OutenEllisons Solicitors
- Matthew KellyEversheds Sutherland
- Ross StrowgerAshtons Legal
Star Associates
- Sophie Whitbread Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP8 Years Ranked
- Nicola CockerillBuckles Solicitors LLP
Associates to watch
- Angharad Ellis-Owen Greene & Greene4 Years Ranked
- Charissa Upton Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP1 Years Ranked
- Jonathan Insley Birketts LLP4 Years Ranked
- Josie Beal Birketts LLP1 Years Ranked
- Kate Ledwidge Mills & Reeve LLP3 Years Ranked
- Alice Townley-SmithEversheds Sutherland
- June SalmonSpire Solicitors LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Birketts LLPEmployment2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years RankedBirketts possesses a market-leading department that stands out for its deep bench of employment specialists. The team has a proven track record in TUPE work. The firm has a wide range of impressive sector expertise, including in health, energy and facilities management. Its lawyers provide managerial and HR training to clients on a range of employment issues. The firm has offices in Norwich, Ipswich, Cambridge and Chelmsford.1 Mills & Reeve LLPEmployment2025 | Band 1 | 10 Years RankedMills & Reeve possesses a highly regarded employment team and is a top choice for clients in both the public and private sectors. The firm is well known for its work with clients in education, healthcare, agribusiness and the region's growth-stage business environment. Its lawyers assist with a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. The employment practice is based across offices in Cambridge and Norwich.
Band 2
2 Greene & GreeneEmployment2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedGreene & Greene advises individuals and businesses across a wide spectrum of employment matters. Employer clients utilise the firm for its ability to advise on matters including restructurings, TUPE transfers and the defence of tribunal proceedings. The team also offers employment law and HR training to its business clients. The firm is engaged by employees and senior executives for matters including contract negotiations, as well as employment litigation covering areas such as unfair dismissal, whistle-blowing and discrimination. The firm is based in Bury St Edmunds.2 Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPEmployment2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedPenningtons Manches Cooper advises employer clients in the life sciences, education and technology sectors on a full range of employment matters. The team offers a comprehensive service that sees it working with clients on matters ranging from day-to-day employment issues through to high-stakes litigation. The firm is also noted for its work for senior employees on issues such as contract negotiations at the start of the employment relationship through to exit negotiations at its end. The employment group is based in Cambridge.
Band 3
3 Greenwoods Legal LLPEmployment2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedGreenwoods has a noteworthy practice with an impressive breadth of high-quality employment expertise. The firm works with a range of clients, from education sector clients to large multimillion-pound businesses. Its lawyers demonstrate expertise in employment issues such as whistle-blowing, discrimination allegations, and tribunal preparation and proceedings.3 Mishcon de Reya LLPEmployment2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedTaylor Vinters became part of the Mishcon de Reya group in January 2023. The employment team acts for an impressive roster of clients that includes local businesses and large corporations. The team has particular expertise in the technology, charities and education sectors, among others. It is able to handle an impressive range of employment matters, often with cross-jurisdictional dimensions. The employment group is recommended for contentious matters of all kinds, as well as complex reorganisations and TUPE transfers.