Penningtons Manches Cooper's education team comprises a multidisciplinary team of corporate, commercial, charity, dispute resolution, employment, immigration, real estate, regulatory, pensions and tax lawyers.
Working closely together to provide an integrated service, we support higher, further and other education clients across a wide range of issues including governance, sponsor licensing and international student management, student contracts, disputes, reorganisations, joint ventures, student accommodation, property transactions and employment matters, particularly in relation to academic employees and employment tribunals.
We are increasingly being instructed by universities and private colleges to help mitigate commercial and reputational risks. This includes advising on complex governance reviews, safeguarding, and freedom of speech and expression, as well as carrying out internal investigations into regulatory matters, financial mismanagement and misconduct. For institutions with international students, we provide guidance on sponsor compliance, UKVI audits, and managing or avoiding action plans. Our clients welcome our ability to resolve any contractual disputes including employment, regulatory and charity issues relating to students, academic staff or education partners as well as corporate development challenges such as restructuring, overseas development and governance.
In addition to many of the UK’s leading universities, we also advise many independent schools, assessment and examinations bodies, educational publishers, national research councils and academic research associations. With decades of experience across the sector, our education team is consistently recognised in the Legal 500 and Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession.
How we help our clients:
Chambers – Education: Institutions (higher & further education)
Legal 500 - Education: Institutions
Legal 500 - Education: Institutions
Daff Richardson, Partner – Employment
T: +44 (0)1865 813647
E: daff.richardson@penningtonslaw.com
Hilary Aldred, Partner – Employment
T: +44 (0)1223 465405
E: hilary.aldred@penningtonslaw.com
Pat Saini, Partner – Immigration
T: +44 (0)20 7457 3117
E: pat.saini@penningtonslaw.com
Rebecca Andrews-Walker, Partner – Restructring and insolvvency
T: +44 (0)1865 722106
E: rebecca.andrews-walker@penningtonslaw.com
Simon Bickerdike, Partner – Corporate and Technology
T: +44 (0)1483 411460
E: simon.bickerdike@penningtonslaw.com
Laura Gorman, Partner – Real Estate
T: +44 (0)1865 813702
E: laura.gorman@penningtonslaw.com
John Morrison, Partner – Real Estate Litigation
T: +44 (0)1865 813722
E: john.morrison@penningtonslaw.com
Anna Frankum, Partner – IP, IT and Commercial
T: +44 (0)20 7457 3205
E: anna.frankum@penningtonslaw.com
Virginia Henley, Partner – Charities
T: +44 (0)1223 465479
E: virginia.henley@penningtonslaw.com
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