Colin Godfrey

Colin is an employment law specialist in the Employment, Pensions and Mobility group. He advises employers and employees on a wide spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment law in the UK. His work regularly involves assisting clients in the handling workplace conflict and guiding clients on discrimination and whistleblowing legislation. Colin is experienced in helping clients to comply with the requirements of TUPE, the management of redundancy and restructuring exercises and changing terms and conditions of employment. He also regularly assists with international and cross-border employment issues.

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Career

Since 2019	Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2019	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2015 - 2016	Senior Associate, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP

2013 - 2015	Associate, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP
2009 - 2013	Solicitor, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP
2007 - 2009	Trainee Solicitor, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP

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Education

2009	Admitted as a lawyer, England, Wales
2007	LPC, College of Law, Bloomsbury
2006	LLB Law, University of Reading

Memberships & Associations

Employer Lawyers Association

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Financial institutions & insurance Hotels, hospitality & leisure

Experience

An investment company	An investment company on employment aspects of multi-million pound investment.
A hotel purchsaer	A hotel purchsaer on the employment implications of a large hotel purchase, including advising on and assisting with obligations under TUPE and redundancy implications.
A Malaysian-based company	A Malaysian-based company on their obligations to comply with the Modern Slavery Act and assisting with their compliance.

A large energy company	A large energy company providing guidance on the application of TUPE to employees working overseas affected by an international corporate merger.
An international business based in China	An international business based in China on the changing of terms and conditions of UK employees.
An undisclosed company	An undisclosed company on enforcing the post-termination restrictions and covenants against a senior executive following their departure to join a competitor and attempts to poach former colleagues.