About
Doyle Clayton is the UK’s largest and most successful specialist workplace law firm. It is a recognised market leaders for its work with both employers and individuals. - Firm Details - Chairman: Peter Doyle - Chief Executive: Tina Wisener - Senior Partner & Head of City Office: Peter De Maria - Partner & Head of Thames Valley Office: Kate Kapp - Partner & Co-Head of Bristol Office: Anne-Marie Boyle - Partner & Co-Head of Bristol Office: Harry Parker - Head of Education: Simon Henthorn - Head of Corporate and Commercial: Liz Barton - Head of Immigration: Anita De Atouguia - Head of Employee Ownership Trusts: Garry Karch - Head of Pensions: Andrew Campbell - Number of partners: 30 - Number of other fee earners: 56 - Firm Overview We offer legal and advisory support to clients on issues arising in the workplace, and provide realistic and effective solutions on employment, business and personal immigration, corporate and commercial law, and education issues. - Main Areas of Practice - Employment Law Advice For Employers - Employment Law Advice for Employees - Business Immigration - Personal Immigration - Education Advice - Corporate & Commercial - Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) Services - Pensions Advice - Other Services Include - Advice for the Recruitment Sector - Mediation in employment disputes - Startup Lawyers - B Corp Services - Data Protection - Financial Services Disputes - Regulatory Disputes - International Work Much of the firm’s work has an international element. This is serviced through ELLINT (Employment and Labor Lawyers International) the organisation of specialist employment law firms, as well as Doyle Clayton’s network of other global employment and related specialist law firms and advisers. Established relationships also exist with leading inward investment agencies with foreign businesses frequently helped to set up and expand in the UK and beyond into Europe. - Sector Expertise For clients, using advisers with first hand, practical experience of their industry provides real advantages. Many of Doyle Clayton's lawyers and consultants have worked in-house in the industries they now advise, giving them in-depth and specialist insight. Sectors the firm is currently helping clients in include - financial services, insurance, professional services, engineering and manufacturing, retail, hospitality and leisure, built environment, technology, media, fashion, life sciences and healthcare, energy and natural resources, transport and logistics, as well as education and not for profit. - Clients Doyle Clayton’s client base is particularly broad and includes organisations ranging from multinationals to successful UK businesses and start-ups as well as NPO’s (including educational institutions), along with senior executives and other individuals. The result is a unique insight into the broad people and connected issues that organisations regularly encounter which many law firms working solely for employees do not have experience of. It also enables individuals to be advised more effectively and strategically than firms not regularly working with employers. - Contact - www.doyleclayton.co.uk - 02073299090 - info@doyleclayton.co.uk - Offices - London (City) - One Crown Court - Cheapside - London - EC2V 6LR - Reading - Apex Plaza - Forbury Road Reading - RG1 1AX - Bristol - 17-19 Berkeley Square - Bristol - BS8 1HB ### Languages - French - Italian - German ### Memberships - ELA (Employment Lawyers Association) - ILPA (Immigration Lawyers Practice Association) - Solicitors Regulation Authority - CILEx ### Staffing Figures - 30 Number of UK partners - 56 Number of other UK fee-earners
Office locations
London
London
Doyle Clayton One Crown Court Cheapside London EC2V 6LR
Reading
Reading
Doyle Clayton Apex Plaza Forbury Road Reading RG1 1AX South East
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adam Murdoch
Adam is an experienced employment law Partner, and advises businesses and individuals throughout the UK on a full range of employment and related issues. · Employment
Andrew Campbell
Andrew is one of the UK's leading pensions lawyers and advises corporates and trustees on the full range of pensions issues across advisory, transactional and contentious matters. · Pensions
Anita de Atouguia
Anita has specialised in immigration law since 2000 and is one of the UK's leading immigration experts. She joined Doyle Clayton in 2012 to set up its Immigration service having worked in the immigration practices of some of the UK’s best known full service law firms including CMS and Lewis Silkin. · Immigration
Dan Begbie-Clench
Dan specialises in employment law and advises a range of companies and senior executives, partners and employees. He is known for commercial and responsive advice. He is recommended for his work in the leading legal directories, the Chambers UK Guide and The Legal 500 Guide. · Employment
Helen Brooks
With over 25 years’ experience, Helen is an established employment litigator and adviser working with both employers and employees. She advises on all aspects of employment law and HR strategy. · Employment
James Saddler
James is a partner in Doyle Clayton’s pensions practice, advising both employers and trustees on a broad range of pensions issues spanning advisory, regulatory, transactional as well as contentious matters. · Pensions
Karen Holden
Karen is an experienced employment law partner specialising in advising organisations and individuals on employment law and related HR issues. · Employment
Kate Kapp
Kate is an employment law partner and is head of the Thames Valley office and the firm’s Thames Valley litigation, and franchise client teams. · Employment
Liz Barton
Liz is a highly experienced lawyer advising companies and individuals on all aspects of corporate law, from advising on company constitutions and corporate governance matters, to group reorganisations and share and business disposals and acquisitions. · Corporate / M&A
Mike Hibberd
Mike is an employment and data privacy law expert advising both organisations and senior individuals on a wide range of human resources and related issues. · Employment
Peter Daly
Peter is one of the UK's leading employment lawyers and specialises in advising individuals as well as organisations. · Employment
Peter De Maria
Peter is the firm’s Senior Partner. He specialises in all areas of employment law acting for both employers and employees. He has particular expertise in advising on the enforcement of restrictive covenants, team moves and bonus claims in the High Court. · Employment
Peter Doyle
Peter is an original co-founder of the business. Over a period of 26 years, Peter has, as Senior Partner and as Chief Executive, overseen the growth of the firm and its development from a niche employment law firm to a law firm handling legal issues affecting people in the workplace. · Employment
Piers Leigh-Pollitt
Piers advises a mixture of corporates and individuals on a wide range of HR/employment law matters and data protection issues (mainly from an HR perspective). Piers is also the firm’s internal compliance officer and handles all regulatory and internal compliance matters. He also heads up the firm's Data Privacy team and holds the Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection (GDPR). · Employment
Russell Dann
Russell is an experienced Senior Associate and qualified as solicitor in 2013. Prior to joining Doyle Clayton, Russell spent his entire legal career in leading employment law teams in London and Reading. · Employment
Simon Henthorn
Simon is an expert in education and employment law. He has over 20 years’ experience advising schools, colleges, associations and individuals on all aspects of education law, including employment and safeguarding matters. · Education
Sukhpal Matharoo
Sukhpal provides employment advice to a broad range of commercial and individual clients. His main area of expertise includes TUPE and also has considerable experience of advising on redundancy and the exit of senior level executives. He is also a notary public and provides notarial and legalisation services. · Employment
Tina Wisener
Tina succeeded Peter Doyle as Chief Executive on 1 January 2024. She has long been recognised as one of the UKs leading employment lawyers and is ranked in the top tier of The Legal 500 and Chambers guides to the UK Legal Profession. · Employment