Daniel Evans, Solicitor at Acuity Law
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Dan is a solicitor within Acuity’s employment team.

Dan trained and qualified with Foot Anstey and has worked at DAC Beachcroft and Royds Withy King post qualification.

Dan studied LLB Law at the University of West of England and completed his masters in Legal Practice (with Business) at BPP.

Outside of Acuity, Dan is a long standing member of the Bristol Junior Chamber of Commerce. He also coaches Muay Thai at the University of West of England and is passionate about travelling the world and experiencing new cultures. Dan enjoys strategy games such as poker and chess.

  • Redundancy and Restructuring
  • TUPE
  • Grievance and Disciplinaries
  • Managing long-term absence at work
  • Reviewing and Drafting Employment Contracts / Consultancy Agreements
  • Drafting, advising and negotiating  Settlement Agreements
  • Without prejudice settlement negotiations
  • Employment Tribunal Litigation
  • Advising various clients on restructurings and providing on-going support during redundancy procedures
  • Drafting due diligence reports on Corporate Transactions
  • Advising various clients on the CJRS, HSE guidance on workplace safety, and Coronavirus-response measures
  • Updating the Staff Handbook of an international plastic manufacturing company
  • Settling a multi-jurisdiction claim in the Employment Tribunal through judicial mediation
  • Advising the founding members of Lite IP in connection with the sale of the company to the Glamox Luxonic Limited
  • Advised the founding shareholders of Jane IT in connection with the sale of the company to the Juniper Education group, a multi-national education support service provider with a growing portfolio of innovative software solutions
  • Advised Business Systems (U.K) Limited and its shareholders in connection with an investment by private equity house August Equity

Accolades

  • The Employment team is ranked Band 2 in Chambers & Partners.

  • The Employment team is ranked Tier 3 in The Legal 500.

Words from our clients

  • “The employment legal team at the firm has been expanding which, from our impression, has resulted in the development of a strong, energised and dynamic team.”