Boodle Hatfield LLP

Position
Associate

Profile
Max is an Associate in the Employment team and advises senior executives and employers at all stages of the employment relationship.

For employers, Max has expertise:

• Successfully defending and settling Employment Tribunal litigation, including for international tech companies.
• Assisting employers navigating sensitive employment issues, such as managing employees with disabilities and in relation to discrimination claims.
• Assisting with employee exits, workforce restructuring and redundancy processes.
• Drafting employment contracts, policies and handbooks.
• Advising clients in relation to TUPE transfers (asset transfers and service provision changes) and associated contract drafting.
• Adjusting his advice to suit clients’ appetites for financial and reputational risk.
• Advising family offices in relation to workplace issues.

For senior executives, Max has expertise:

• Identifying potential claims and points of leverage to factor into exit package negotiations.
• Working to secure better terms in settlement agreements.
• Supporting investment professionals and senior executives who are regulated by the FCA and PRA in relation to disciplinary and grievance matters. This includes seeking to safeguard fitness and propriety status.
• Helping clients bring Employment Tribunal claims including for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, breach of contract and to recover lost salary, bonuses, options, shares and other entitlements.
• Helping clients understand and navigate their restrictive covenants and employment obligations, for example in relation to competition, confidentiality and director duties.
• Drafting and negotiating employment terms at the start of employment to protect employees’ positions and entitlements.