Mills & Reeve is a leading UK law firm and trusted legal adviser to over 130 universities, colleges, academies, and education-focused organisations across England and Wales. Our large team of specialist education lawyers provides expert support in employment, pensions, immigration, and more, delivering practical, sector-aware advice that works. We tailor our resourcing to ensure cost-effective solutions without compromising quality.
For over two decades, we’ve partnered with UHR to deliver workshops, legal briefings and strategic support to HR professionals across the sector. We’re proud to sponsor this year’s UHR conference and to be co-hosting a series of “Time to Transform” events with UHR, designed to help HR leaders navigate transformation and integration.
These events build on our recent launch of Radical Collaboration: A Playbook, developed with KPMG UK and commissioned by the Universities UK Transformation and Efficiency Taskforce. The Playbook offers timely, practical guidance for university leaders exploring new models of radical transformation. As financial pressures mount across higher education, Mills & Reeve is leading national conversations on financial resilience and organisational change. We’re uniquely positioned to help HR professionals apply this knowledge to workforce planning, acquisitions and strategic redesign.
We’re proud to hold Platinum Investors in People status, be named as one of the top law firms in the UK in RollOnFriday’s Best Law Firms to Work At List and recently reappointment to the £45 million LUPC legal panel. Our Band 1 ranking in legal directories reflects our deep and broad expertise across the education sector.
Useful links:
Click here for details of our Employment Rights Act 2025 hub and employment law blog and podcast series
Sign up to our education blog
Click here for details of and to sign up to our latest events
Click here for our recent webinar recordings
Click here for our university financial resilience information hub
Website - https://www.mills-reeve.com/
Contact - alex.russell@mills-reeve.com, sian.jackson@mills-reeve.com
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