Transactions & TUPE Employment Law

Service overview: TUPE solicitors for employers

  • Buying or selling a business could mean that you need to undergo the process of transferring staff. This often requires expert legal advice to make sure you follow the complex rules set by the Transfer of Undertakings, (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE).
  • TUPE is designed to protect the rights of your employees should you decide to sell your company, part of your business or outsource a particular service to another business.
  • TUPE is also there to protect the rights of employees of businesses you acquire and may protect other incoming employees when your business takes over certain contracts for the provision of services. TUPE may also apply if your business undergoes a restructure of its operations.
  • If you need TUPE advice because of a reorganisation, you might also need our corporate solicitors’ advice on corporate restructuring. We can advise across both areas.
  • We act exclusively for businesses and employers – not for employees.
  • We can help wherever you are in the UK – we operate nationally with solicitors based remotely across the country but have offices in Sheffield, Birmingham, Cambridge and London.
How can we help?

What we do: TUPE solicitors for employers

Our expert TUPE solicitors can advise and assist you on all the key employee and TUPE issues for your transaction, disposal or outsourcing agreement and provide additional support with the help of our corporate team.

The transferring of staff from one organisation to another is both challenging and complex for all parties.

Whether you’re involved in an acquisition, disposal or outsourcing agreement, TUPE provides your employees with the right to be informed and consulted in relation to the transfer of their employment, as well as giving them certain protection from dismissal or changes to their terms of employment.

If you do have to change employees’ terms & conditions, it can be very risky. Watch this video explaining more about the options open to employers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhuoMDEM7CcVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Changing Employment Terms And Conditions – Harper James Solicitors (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhuoMDEM7Cc)

Whatever stage you’re at with your transaction, our TUPE solicitors can help you with your TUPE requirements, whether you’re:

  • Buying a business outright
  • Purchasing part of an existing business
  • Selling part of your business
  • Selling your business in its entirety
  • Involved in a service provision change

Once we understand what’s required from your transaction and the stage you’re at, we’ll help you to:

  • Draft transactional documents – making sure they’re consistent and achieve your commercial aims
  • Understand workforce issues from the outset
  • Understand the requirements of employee liability information
  • Comply with employee information and consultation obligations
  • Identify and help remove risks through due diligence reporting
  • Consider and manage the arrangements for staff at the end of their contracts, including redundancy
  • Manage employee relations
  • Negotiate appropriate warranties and indemnities to protect your interests
  • Manage the risk of altering terms and conditions following the TUPE transfer

Who we help: Business of all sizes across the UK

As a full service national commercial law firm, we provide legal advice on TUPE processes and transactions to businesses and organisations of all sizes throughout the UK from start-ups and entrepreneurs to large plcs.

Why choose Harper James? Our TUPE solicitors’ experience in employment law

Our employment law solicitors have all been recruited from top 100 UK law firms or from large international businesses, and all have more than 10 years post-qualifying experience. Our solicitors work nationally as they are based remotely across the country.

Employment solicitor Alan Dark

Alan Dark

Employment Law Solicitor

Previously a director in top 50 national firm Shakespeare Martineau, Alan specialises in restraint of trade issues, TUPE, shareholder and disputes at board level.

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Sean Walsh

Employment Law Solicitor

Sean previously worked for a leading national law firm in the employment team, ranked tier 1 in the Legal 500. He advises employers on all aspects of employment law from TUPE to tribunals.

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Simon Gilmour

Employment Law Partner

Simon acts for employers of all sizes, particularly tech and manufacturing, and specialises in managing people matters, including TUPE, sales and acquisitions of companies, and restructures/redundancies.

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Ella Bond

Employment Law Solicitor

Ella provides practical and commercially focused advice and assistance in relation to a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. She joins us having previously worked at top 50 law firm Shakespeare Martineau.

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Sally Gwilliam

Senior Employment Law Solicitor

Having previously worked at DLA Piper, Sally advises clients on a broad range of employment matters and has a particular strength in employment litigation.

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Pricing plans

Our three transparent pricing packages are designed to give you the widest possible access to high-quality legal advice, whatever the size and nature of your business:

City

Straightforward access to senior solicitors at a competitive rate.

An affordable solution for businesses needing one-off legal support. Receive ‘City’ partner-level expertise at a fraction of ‘City’ prices.

Enterprise

Have legal peace of mind for £189 per month with additional support from £125 per hour.

A monthly subscription legal support package specifically designed for start-ups and smaller businesses.

On-Demand

Providing you with priority access to a dedicated panel of highly experienced solicitors.

Fully account managed quarterly subscription service for businesses with more complex legal needs.

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A national law firm

We mainly work remotely, so we can work with you wherever you are. But we can arrange face-to-face meeting at our offices or a location of your choosing.

Our commercial lawyers are based in or close to major cities across the UK, providing expert legal advice to clients both locally and nationally.

Birmingham
Floor 2, Cavendish House, 39-41 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5PP
Cambridge
Stirling House, Cambridge Innovation Park, Denny End Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9QE
London
10 Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 5HP
Manchester
13th Floor, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT
Oxford
Harwell Innovation Centre, 173 Curie Avenue, Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QG
Sheffield
2-5 Velocity Tower, 1 St Mary’s Square, Sheffield, S1 4LP