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Partner and Head of Solent Office

Stuart is an experienced, strategic, solutions focussed Partner. He is Head of the Solent Office and leads the Shoosmiths’ Solent Employment Team. He provides commercial, pragmatic advice to a range of national and international clients across a broad range of sectors on all aspects of employment law.

His experience spans restructures, senior exits, large-scale redundancies and TUPE advice., outsourcing projects, CVAs, national restructures and complex DSARs involving litigation.

He has a particular interest in the Consumer and Retail sector and leads the sub-group having acted for numerous clients in the retail secor for a number of years including a number of high street names. This interest has resulted Stuart developing a specialism providing advice regarding national minimum wage queries and he has supported a number of clients through complex HMRC national minimum wage investigations.

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Turnover in 2024.
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180 years of legal excellence.
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Stuart brings a level of sophistication and clarity that makes complex issues feel manageable, and his commercial awareness means his advice is always aligned to our goals.
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From hiring to retirement, we help clients navigate employment, immigration, incentives and pensions law across the whole employee lifecycle with confidence.
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