Daniel is a Senior Associate and is experienced in advising on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious UK employment law for employers and senior executives. He acts for clients across a range of sectors, including financial services, technology and legal.
Daniel’s work includes helping clients set and execute termination, restructuring and exit strategies, advising on all HR matters including formal disciplinary and grievance processes, advising on the enforcement of post termination restrictions, advising on multi-jurisdictional projects and negotiating settlement terms.
He also advises on complex director and founder level disputes, and Employment Tribunal claims including whistleblowing, discrimination and unfair dismissal.
Daniel qualified in 2019 into a leading City practice with an international client base. Since qualification Daniel has developed a strong interest in the intersection between artificial intelligence and employment law and has contributed to leading legal journals on the topic.
Daniel is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Key experience
- Advising a senior executive in the financial services industry in relation to her claims for sex discrimination and victimisation and conducting the subsequent settlement negotiations achieving a significant settlement.
- Advising an insurance company on the termination of two of its founders following a dispute between its directors and conducting settlement negotiations.
- Defending a claim in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in relation to a claim for discrimination based on part-time worker status.
- Advising a member of a partnership in the financial services industry on exit strategy to ensure that they left on favourable financial terms.
- Successfully obtaining undertakings on behalf of a law firm in relation to the removal of confidential information by a former employee.
- Acting for a bank in defending an interim relief application.