The 2026 listing of leading Employee & Trade Union focused London Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment, industrial relations and workplace safety matters across the Greater London legal market whose practice has strong employee/applicant/trade union representation focus and who have been identified by the City’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Gareth Brahams, BDBF
Shazia Khan, Cole Khan
Claire Murray, CM Murray
Leading
Anna Birtwistle, Farrer & Co
Paula Chan, BDBF
Will Clayton, Constantine Law
Emilie Cole, Cole Khan
Edward Cooper, Slater & Gordon
Kiran Daurka, Leigh Day
Beth Hale, CM Murray
Karen Jackson, didlaw
Jane Mann, Fox Williams
Daniel Naftalin, Mishcon de Reya
Shah Quereshi, Irwin Mitchell
Annie Powell, Leigh Day
Eleanor Rowsell, Farrer & Co
Recommended
Elaine Aarons, Withers
Binder Bansel, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Iain Birrell, Thompsons
Deborah Casale, Irwin Mitchell
Sarah Chilton, CM Murray
Claire Christy, Withers
Peter Daly, Doyle Clayton
Claire Dawson, BDBF
Peter De Maria, Doyle Clayton
Simon Fenton, Fenton Elliott
Clive Howard, Keystone Law
Paul Jennings, Bates Wells
Marc Jones, Marjon Law
Rachel Mathieson, Bates Wells
Julie Morris, Keystone Law
Emma Satyamurti, Leigh Day
Meriel Schindler, Withers
Linky Trott, Edwin Coe
Andrew Yule, Winckworth Sherwood


