Matthew joined the firm in 2026 after several years in the Employment, Pensions and Incentives team at Simmons & Simmons. He has considerable in-house experience, having been seconded to the EMEA Employment Legal Teams at two international banks.
On the contentious side, Matthew has substantial experience advising on both the legal and regulatory aspects of Employment Tribunal claims involving unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, equal pay, and discrimination.
On the advisory side, his experience covers a broad range of day-to-day employment matters. Matthew’s advisory work includes sensitive grievances and investigations, redundancies and restructurings, HR lifecycle issues, complex multi-jurisdictional projects, as well as advising on knotty TUPE issues and other matters arising out of mergers and acquisitions. He has particular expertise in settlement agreement negotiations and executive employment contracts.