Employment & Pensions

London
David Green heads a team of ' well-led, able lawyers' at Charles Russell LLP with an impressive track record on large, complex acquisitions. It recently advised Christian Salvesen on its £254m takeover by French transport giant Norbert Dentressangle. Michael Powner was instructed by Morgan Sindall on its acquisition by the civil engineering division of AMEC Group, a transaction involving 10,000 employees. Clients are ' confident in the relevance and validity of advice given'. May 2008 saw the departure of Joanne Owers for Fox Williams LLP.

Cambridge
Charles Russell LLP's recent arrival in Cambridge benefits from the strong local reputations of Tim Tyndall, Nick Sayer and Hilary Aldred, who are ' extremely sharp, focused, in command of their subject, see to the heart of the problem, and give practical advice'. The team's ' first-class' experience includes cross-jurisdictional employment claims for the likes of TNT Express Worldwide, injunctive relief and restrictive covenant work, tribunal claims at the Court of Appeal, complex race discrimination claims and corporate immigration work

Cheltenham
Sarah Jane Turcan heads the practice at Charles Russell LLP, with Peter Scandrett leading on the contentious side. The firm recently advised on several high-profile health and safety prosecutions.

Guildford
Clients rate Charles Russell LLP's Simon McMenemy

Pensions
'Good, simply put' advice to the trustees and employers in the charity and private client sector is a strength for Charles Russell LLP partner Kris Weber.