Restructuring and redundancies
“Paul is extremely strong technically … [with] … an ability to find pragmatic commercially-aware solutions in a way which is as fair and equitable to everyone as is possible in the circumstances.“
“You are the employment law god, Paul, thank you”
“Paul is … an expert employment lawyer … with a pragmatic approach and strong commercial skills ... strong communication skills and is a team player.“
“… provides guidance to ensure everything stays on track. He is always open and approachable, with great insight and wisdom and a great manner in presenting it to you.“
“Paul would always make time to help coach me through difficult situations … excellent at building strong working relationships …”
“… no matter how tricky, weird and bizarre the situation, your approach and calmness has been admired …”
“… really impressive … picks up the key points and presents them clearly and in a jargon-free way …”
“… an incredibly experienced, knowledgeable and pragmatic employment lawyer … an effective communicator and commercially focused in his approach.”
“Paul is a very knowledgeable, pragmatic lawyer who achieves great results. He is principled and empathetic, but with a strong commercial focus.”
“… helped me to navigate so many difficult situations and always with a calm head … which made it all feel a bit less tense and stressful …”
“… Kind, generous with his time and good humoured – a lovely person to work with … showed me what it was to listen to, and really meet, the objectives of our clients”
“You’ve made it so simple to get my head around…Cannot thank you enough for your support as always Paul, I feel like you’re the person I needed in my life to carry on learning from.”
More than 20 years of leading, guiding, implementing and supporting countless restructuring and redundancy projects of all sizes and complexity.
Here is a small selection of Paul Coulson‘s key achievements over more than 20 years:
- Advised on the most appropriate way to successfully effect the relocation of 2,500 colleagues as a result of office changes
- Ensured that an urgent multi-million-pound cost-cutting exercise was undertaken with the least legal, employee relations and cultural risk
- Guided a senior-level restructure, including drafting and negotiating executive-level settlement agreements
- Recommended and implemented a strategy to reduce one small team’ costs by £350k
- Provided advice and guidance in a significant restructuring exercise, effecting c.30,000 redundancies whilst maintaining good employee and industrial relations
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