Restructuring Your Workforce

Restructuring a business requires careful planning. We use our depth of knowledge and experience to provide reliable and pragmatic guidance, ensuring a seamless process for both employers and employees.

Keeping your objectives in mind, we offer strategic support, helping you to navigate one of the most difficult elements of owning or managing a business.

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Support when you need it most

If your business is struggling or needs to change to maintain a competitive edge, a restructure could be the logical solution.

Our specialist team regularly provide clients with commercial advice to successfully navigate the issues they are facing and ensure the business will succeed. If a redundancy process is needed, we assist employers, providing tailored redundancy packs including step by step guides, timelines and communications for employees. If TUPE applies, we ensure that clients are aware of their obligations and, if unions are involved, we can provide the specialist support needed to negotiate.

Our expertise

As part of a full-service firm, our services are comprehensive, supporting on all potential aspects of a business restructure. Working with our corporate law colleagues, we have assisted on hundreds of transactions including mergers and acquisitions and private equity investments.

Our specialist employment lawyers regularly handle and advise employers on workforce issues across multiple jurisdictions and support with TUPE transfers. Reshaping and structuring a workforce is a delicate process and our team is adept at supporting both individual and large-scale redundancies.

And if the situation appears to be irretrievable, we work alongside our insolvency colleagues to manage the insolvency process, supporting the administrators throughout.

Recognition of our work

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Legal 500 2026 – Top Tier Firm

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Hear what our clients say about us

I want to extend a special thanks to you for sharing such valuable insights in your Employment Rights Bill training. Your detailed review of the bill and key information you provided was incredibly helpful. It gave us a clear understanding of what we can do moving forward, and we are excited to put this into practice.

Client testimonial Employment Rights Bill training

Adam Cotterill was incredibly helpful in guiding me and my partner through the process of reapplying for our UK Unmarried Couples visa. After our initial application was rejected, we were extremely stressed and unsure of how to proceed. Adam supported us every step of the way, providing clear advice, reassurance and guidance. Thanks to his expertise, the process felt far more manageable, and we felt confident in our reapplication.

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HCR supported us in managing an employee settlement agreement. As an owner-led SME without internal HR or legal support, Lisa Kemp provided surety, a safe pair of hands and direct, clear, pragmatic advice. We also felt she was thoughtful of time and therefore cost, throughout the process. We’d happily recommend both HCR and Lisa to other organisations seeking similar legal support.

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He has a wealth of experience in business immigration law regularly advising employers on sponsorship matters and compliance. “He’s incredibly dedicated and really knows his stuff – a fantastic lawyer,” comments one impressed source.

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The team is very responsive, and I like the way that they ensure that more than one team member is familiar with a case so that they can give seamless advice in the absence of the lead lawyer.

Client testimonial Employment Law

Richard is an outstanding lawyer. He quickly gets to the core issues, understands the client’s priorities and has a pragmatic approach to solving the issues and negotiating exceptional deals.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Rachel is a brilliant employment lawyer, approachable and knowledgeable, and she gives in-depth advice with exactly the right amount of detail.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Peter has provided first-class support regarding complex HR matters. Excellent quality of advice and written work. He has become a highly valued and trusted business partner.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Chris is very experienced and good at the work he does.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Catherine has continually provided us with a very high level of service, advice and solutions.

Client testimonial Chambers 2026

Andrea Thomas is pragmatic and willing to accept advice. I found her service to the client to be engaged and thorough.

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Chris Mayers is very experienced and seasoned. He provides meaningful, measured and wise counsel and his personable inclusive style provided very calm and invaluably reassuring to me.

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