Expert Employment Lawyer London
When your career, reputation and financial future are at risk, the stakes are high. You need an employment lawyer you can trust.
Top-ranked employment lawyer in London David Greenhalgh has over 36 years' experience in achieving positive outcomes for many thousands of clients.
When your career, reputation and financial future are at risk, the stakes are high. You need an employment lawyer you can trust.
Top-ranked employment lawyer in London David Greenhalgh has over 36 years' experience in achieving positive outcomes for many thousands of clients.
Here's how Employment Lawyer London can help you.
David's advice is straightforward, strategic, and commercially focused. He works with senior executives, employees and employers across all aspects of the working relationship. Whether you are managing organisational change, resolving a dispute, or being treated badly at work, David's pragmatic, expert guidance will give you clarity and confidence.
Based in London, David advises clients across the UK, offering flexible consultations in person or online. He takes the time to understand your situation and priorities, providing advice that is precise, practical, and completely confidential. Tell us who you are — we'll take you straight to the right place.
Senior Executives
Discreet, strategic support with your contract, your exit and high-value disputes — protecting your position and future prospects.
Employees
Clear advice on your rights and options — from disciplinary action and dismissal to discrimination or redundancy.
Employers
Commercially focused advice that balances legal compliance with practical business needs — protecting your organisation.
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Expert employment law support at every stage.
David advises on all employment law issues, from hire to exit and everything in between: new contract reviews, suspension, investigations, disciplinaries, exit negotiations, settlement agreements, discrimination, whistleblowing, restrictive covenants, bonuses and redundancy.
Settlement Agreements
Senior executives, employees and their employers often need to reach a fair conclusion of the employment relationship allowing them both to move forward with clarity and a clean break. David can guide either side through the exit process including negotiating and agreeing settlement agreement terms. He provides straightforward unstuffy legal advice.
Employment Contracts and Exit Terms
Strong contractual agreements help reduce future risk and give clarity to employees and employers. David reviews, drafts, and advises on employment contracts, service agreements, and exit terms to ensure they are fair, enforceable. Employers are supported to create balanced and compliant agreements, giving employees and executives the clarity and protection they require. Senior executives need advice on new employment contracts when offered to them.
Pay and Bonus Disputes
Disputes over bonuses/incentive plans or commission can be complex, especially on exit. David provides clear, practical advice on disputes around these incentive aspects of employment, ensuring that every outcome is legally sound and protecting your best interests.
Discrimination
David advises senior executives, employees, and employers on all aspects of discrimination law, including age, disability, gender, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, and all other protected characteristics. He helps clients navigate complaints, investigations, and claims with sensitivity and discretion. David ensures that employees’ rights are asserted and defended and that employers maintain fair, inclusive, and legally compliant workplaces, offering clear and practical guidance at every stage.
Whistleblowing
Raising or responding to whistleblowing allegations requires careful and confidential handling. David advises senior executives, employees and employers on their rights and responsibilities under whistleblowing law, ensuring reputations are protected and that every step taken is in compliance with legal obligations.
Workplace Conduct and Investigations
David advises senior executives, employees and employers on disciplinary procedures, grievance management, and workplace investigations. David’s focus is to ensure that proper transparent processes are followed which are legally compliant. David helps employers maintain integrity and fairness while ensuring employees’ voices and rights are respected.
Everything David advises individuals on.
"The go-to employment lawyer for senior executives."Legal 500
Expert advice that is both strategic and personal.
Employment Lawyer London is founded on a simple principle: expert advice should be both strategic and personal. Acting for senior executives, employees and employers gives David a balanced understanding of both sides — so issues are anticipated early and resolved with practical, commercially sound solutions, backed by 36 years' experience and calm, tactical judgment.
Here's what makes David's approach different
Strategic support for senior executives
Discreet, commercially focused guidance on service agreements, exits and high-value disputes — protecting career, earnings and reputation.
Clear guidance on settlement agreements
Straightforward advice on complex, time-sensitive agreements — so clients sign with confidence, on the best negotiated terms.
Support for employees
Clear, direct advice that helps employees take control, secure fair treatment and move forward safely in their career.
Employment law support for employers
Practical advice on risk, compliance and dispute resolution — preventing problems early and protecting the business.
Recent outcomes David has secured.
Anonymised examples from David's recent work, with the uplift achieved on each.
Managing Director, FTSE 250 Financial Services
Performance-managed out after 11 years; client suspected age was the real reason. Initial offer below expectations.
Ex-gratia increased materially, good-leaver status re LTIPs, 12-month non-compete cut to 6, agreed reference and leaving statement.
General Counsel, Series C Tech Scale-up
Forced out after raising compliance concerns with the company’s VC owners.
Whistleblowing detriment claims leveraged: equity preserved with full vesting, exercise window extended, substantial ex-gratia increase, medical cover extended 12 months.
Senior Director, Global Consultancy
Offered a settlement agreement after raising a bullying grievance, with a tight 2-day acceptance window.
Same-day review; full annual bonus paid despite scheme rules, mutual non-disparagement, agreed reference. Settled within 2 days.
Case studies are anonymised to protect client confidentiality. Past outcomes are not a guarantee of future results.
Tell David what's happened. He'll tell you where you stand.
The quickest way to get advice is the short form below. David's team will come back to you the same day, usually within hours.
Send David your enquiry
Takes about a minute. Everything you send is confidential.
What happens next
- You tell us briefly what’s happened and what you need
- David’s team responds the same day, usually within hours
- Settlement agreement fees are usually paid by your employer
- Fixed fees available, no surprises
From first call to resolution — typically within days.
Initial contact
Tell us your situation — by form or phone — and we’ll find out how we can best help you.
Response within hoursAssessment
David reviews your documents and position, and advises clearly on your options and their value.
Same day where neededStrategy & action
Negotiation, tactical advice or hands-on support — David engages directly where it improves your terms.
Same day to 1 weekResolution
Your agreement is signed off, your dispute resolved, or your position protected — with a clear record of what was achieved.
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