Pinsent Masons LLP is an award winning full service law firm with a Universities and Higher Education team of over 150 lawyers based in our offices in the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and Middle East. We advise over 70 universities in the UK and internationally as well as private and for-profit higher education providers outside of the publicly funded sector.
We have a leading reputation in the sector for employment and HR related advice, built on our team’s pragmatic and robust approach. Our approach is what sets us apart – a practical attitude focused on delivering business objectives, delivered by a team who are easy to work with and who understand the sector.
In a year like no other for the higher education sector, we have continued to find solutions for our clients on both day to day employment issues such as ET claims, disciplinary, grievance and discrimination matters, whistleblowing, industrial relations, pension and immigration matters and issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, ranging from furlough and returning to work to mental health and vaccination policies. Our group of specialists are always there to pick up the phone to should you have queries trying to navigate the not-so-certain future of a post-Covid world.
We recognise the need for our clients to be kept up to date in the ever changing world of employment law. Our award winning knowledge service, Employment Law +, enables our clients to do this through its unique dedicated offering of employment law developments and our specialist training team.
