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Antonio Fletcher

Antonio Fletcher

Partner,

Employment

Antonio has significant experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law and also advises on data protection issues.

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  • Profile:

    Antonio is a Partner in our Employment and HR team and Head of our Education Team.

    He has 15 years’ experience advising businesses of all sizes on employment law, as well as advising schools and other education providers throughout his career. He joined Brachers in 2017 and was promoted to Partner in 2018.

    He was named as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the Legal 500 2022 directory.

    Antonio specialises in:

    • Reorganisations, redundancies, restructures and other strategic advice
    • TUPE transfers
    • Employment tribunal claims, including multi-party claims, claims linked to shareholder and board-level disputes and claims in the Employment Appeal Tribunal
    • Data protection issues including data subject access requests, breach reporting and requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act
    • Advising education establishments on matters including third party complaints, admission appeals and HR issues
    • Settlement agreements and exit plans for senior employees and directors

    He takes time to get to know his clients and their business to ensure that the advice they receive takes all legal implications into account and is also tailored to his clients’ business values, strategies and objectives.

    He seeks to provide added value to clients wherever possible by running training events, seminars and discussion forums on key employment law and education topics.

    Antonio is based in both our Canterbury and Maidstone offices.

    Practice and Sector Focus:

    • Employment & HR for employers
    • Employment law advice for employees
    • Charities
    • Data protection and GDPR
    • Education

    Qualifications and Memberships:

    • The Law Society
    • Employment Lawyers Association

    Recent Cases:

    • Supporting Claire Williams with advising the owner of Managing General Agency (MGA) Beech Underwriting on the sale to Occam Underwriting subject to FCA approval in 2021.
    • Advising a number of local schools in relation to potential historic pay claims during 2021 and 2022.
    • Supporting James Bullock and the team advising Kent-based Gallagher Group on its acquisition of ready-mix concrete plants from Cemex UK in 2021.
    • Supporting Matthew Simmonds with advising on the successful sale of Fire Action Limited to Spy Alarms Limited in 2021.
    • Assisting a client in negotiating the exit of their long-serving Operations Director, who was a registered director of both the company and its holding company, as well as being a shareholder.
    • Supporting Claire Williams and the team acting on behalf of Flooring Megastore Ltd and Contemporary Trade Flooring Ltd on the sale of both businesses to the UK’s leading home flooring retailer Carpetright in 2021.
    • Advising a school on a Freedom of Information Act request made by a member of the public regarding entrance exam results to the school.

    Awards:

    • Legal 500 – Recommended Lawyer 2022
    • Having worked with Antonio for a number of years, I have always found him to be very responsive, professional and helpful. His legal advice is detailed, tailored to the business, easy to understand and follow and delivered in a straight forward, concise way.

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    Contact details:

    • 01227 949540
    • antoniofletcher@brachers.co.uk
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  • Education

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  • Education

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  • Agriculture and Rural

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  • Education

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  • Regulatory Services

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  • Employment & HR

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  • Commercial Law

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  • Employment & HR

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