The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Manchester Employment Lawyers details solicitors practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Manchester legal market whose practice has strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment law solicitors for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
The 2026 rankings of leading Employer-focused Employment lawyers in the Greater Manchester Metropolitan Area, identified by fellow Manchester Employment Lawyers. Compiled via our independent, peer-review methodology — rankings cannot be purchased.
Previous editions
2025 edition published May 2025
Preeminent
Philip Harman, DAC Beachcroft
Sally Hulston, Lewis Silkin
Leading
Michael Burns, Addleshaw Goddard
Naeema Choudry, Eversheds Sutherland
Lee Jeffcott, Brabners
Helen Kidd, Irwin Mitchell
Jeffrey Middleton, DAC Beachcroft
Michael Wright, Hill Dickinson
Recommended
Lynsey Barrow, Clyde & Co
Dan Bickerstaffe, E3 Employment Law
Sarah Calderwood, Slater Heelis
Ed Cotton, TLT Solicitors
John Dorney, DWF
Joanne Frew, DWF
Andrew Gibson, Hill Dickinson
Jack Harrington, Pannone Corporate
Jenny Mann, Eversheds Sutherland
Andrew Moore, Addleshaw Goodard
Carly Mather, Lewis Silkin
Emma Mills, DLA Piper
Rachel Spink, Gunnercooke
Jenny Walker, DAC Beachcroft
2024 edition published June 2024
Preeminent
Naeema Choudry, Eversheds Sutherland
Sally Hulston, Lewis Silkin
Jeffrey Middleton, DAC Beachcroft
Leading
Dan Bickerstaffe, E3 Employment Law
Michael Burns, Addleshaw Goddard
Jack Harrington, Pannone Corporate
Joanne Henderson, Myerson Solicitors
Alex Watson, Fieldfisher
Recommended
Sarah Calderwood, Slater Heelis
Ed Cotton, TLT Solicitors
Philip Harman, DAC Beachcroft
Lorna Harris, Gateley Legal
Helen Kidd, Irwin Mitchell
Lee Jeffcott, Brabners
Anna Lees, Analysis Legal
Jenny Mann, Eversheds Sutherland
Carly Mather, Lewis Silkin
Emma Mills, DLA Piper