Michael Cole
Partner
Michael Cole
About Me
I am a partner in the employment team in the Guildford office. I qualified as a solicitor in 1994, joined the firm as a senior solicitor in 1999 and became a partner in 2001. I specialise in all aspects of employment and discrimination law and I have a particular interest and expertise in the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations (TUPE) and business reorganisations. I regularly advise on new regulations, draft employment contracts and handbooks and represent both employers and employees in the employment tribunal.

Much of my work involves the careful handling of workplace disputes and advising clients on how best to navigate through the various employment laws to seek to ensure that claims are avoided or, if claims arise, that they can be defended in the employment tribunal. I am also often recommended to advise senior directors on termination agreements.

As a member of the firm’s technology sector team, I act for many technology clients, in particular on TUPE and outsourcing matters. Other clients are from a wide range of sectors including professional practices, events management, manufacturing, automotive and financial services.

I present seminars on a wide range of employment-related topics, provide clients with in-house training, and am a regular author of specialist articles. I am a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the IOD. I have been recognised as a leading individual in my field and am described in the Chambers UK 2013 edition as someone whom clients would "gladly recommend him to a close friend without a moment’s pause”.
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Firm:
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Office Address:
31 Chertsey Street
Guildford, Surrey GU1 4UD
UK - ENGLAND
Tel:
+44 1483 791800
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+44 1483 424177
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