01
Employment structures
Employment, consultancy and contractor arrangements that reflect the real relationship.
Employment & Labour Advisory
Advising management on how people are hired, incentivised, managed and, when necessary, exited.
Capabilities
What we advise on.
02
Senior hires
Terms for leadership roles, including incentives, notice and post-exit restrictions.
03
Contracts and policies
Handbooks, codes and internal policies that are usable and consistently applied.
04
Incentive arrangements
Option pools, ESOP documentation, bonus schemes and retention structures.
05
Confidentiality, IP and restrictions
Protecting information, client relationships and work product created in employment.
06
Exits and terminations
Managing separations, negotiated exits, settlements and continuity of the business.
07
Misconduct and process
Investigations, disciplinary process and internal committees handled properly.
08
Restructuring and compliance
Workforce reorganisation, reductions and statutory labour obligations.
When we help
The situations we step into.
A
A senior person is leaving.
Restrictions, confidential information, IP and business continuity all need managing.
B
The organisation is professionalising.
Founder-led arrangements need to become an institutional employment framework.
C
You are restructuring the workforce.
Role changes or reductions require process, documentation and compliance.
D
An internal issue has surfaced.
Misconduct, a complaint or an investigation needs handling fairly and defensibly.
How we work
Legal advice built around the decision.
- 01
Understand
Start with the business objective, the commercial context and the decision at hand.
- 02
Prioritise
Separate the issues that affect value or execution from those that can be managed.
- 03
Structure
Translate priorities into a clear legal and negotiating framework.
- 04
Execute
Keep documentation, stakeholders and next steps moving towards the outcome.
Connected advice
Problems rarely stay in one practice area.
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