Recruitment services

Recruitment businesses have specific needs and interests that set them apart from other sectors. Whether you are looking for commercial terms of business, comprehensive employment contracts with effective restrictive covenants, advice on the intricacies of employment law and the Agency Workers Directive, structuring your business for eventual sale or exit, our cross-practice team of specialist lawyers offer a one-stop shop for all your legal needs.

We use our extensive experience and sectoral knowledge to work with you to deliver a commercially sound and holistic service.

Our services include:

Employment

Comprehensive advice at every stage of the employment relationship from recruitment, employment contracts and handbooks, dismissals, discrimination, TUPE, collective consultation, and unfair competition. We regularly act for both recruitment companies and in their relationships with their clients.

Immigration

Right-to-work checking service, sponsorship under Tiers 2 and 5 of the points-based system, applications for highly skilled migrants under Tier 1, preventing illegal working, and practical advice to ensure candidates have the right to work in the UK.

Corporate

A complete range of corporate services for private and listed companies including company sales, shareholder agreements, restructurings, reorganisations, refinancings, and all aspects of company law, insolvency, regulatory compliance and competition law.

Technology & Commercial

Providing advice on terms of business, commercial agreements, joint ventures and outsourcing, with particular expertise on technology, Internet businesses data protection and data theft issues.

Tax

Integrated tax advice on the planning and implementation of transactions for entrepreneurs and all types of corporate structures, including share option and other employee incentive schemes.

Wealth Management and Succession

Advice on structuring your business and private interests through wealth protection, tax and succession planning, trusts and wills.

Real estate

Advice on every aspect of the property life cycle, including rent and service charge issues, rent reviews and lease renewals.

Experience

Poolia AB

Acting on its acquisition of Parker Bridge Recruitment.

Walker Hamill

Acting on its management buyout and various financings.

Stonecourt Consulting

Advising on a share issue to employees and providing on-going employment advice.

Ongoing employment advice

To recruitment businesses including Xtra IT Resources Ltd, Drake International Group, PageUp People Limited, Phoenix Resourcing Services Group Limited, Team Support Services Ltd and The ID Group Limited including securing “springboard” injunctive relief for an employment business against former employees setting up in competition.