TUPE plays a pivotal role in the HR aspects of buying and selling businesses, mergers, outsourcing and insourcing.  Notoriously complicated to understand and apply, yet now all-pervasive throughout the services sector, TUPE needs expert handling to prevent automatic unfair dismissals and costly penalties for even minor slip-ups in the consultation process.

Throughout the private and public sectors, our TUPE specialist group works at the coal face of mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing assisting with:

• early stage planning
• drafting and negotiating suitable clauses in contracts to counteract the legal risks
• resolving pre-transfer disputes, such as which employees transfer
• meeting the information and consultation requirements
• training staff representatives
• effecting post-transfer redundancies and harmonisation of employment terms
• understanding the special rules that apply when acquiring insolvent businesses
• dealing with pensions, and
• litigation

Whatever your business - whether in sectors well-versed in TUPE, such as IT, catering, security or maintenance, or those sectors just finding their feet such as publishing, media and yes, even firms of solicitors - our TUPE specialists are there to take you through the minefield and deliver practical solutions.

For further information, please contact:

Julian Parry on +44 20 7074 8498
or julian.parry@lewissilkin.com