About Trethowans

Simon Rhodes

Employment & HR Team

Managing Partner

023 8082 0547

Simon is the firm's Managing Partner and is responsible for the day-to-day management and strategic development of the firm.

Alongside his Managing Partner duties, Simon is a highly experienced employment lawyer and actively looks after a number of clients' employment & HR requirements. He specialises in advising employers on transfers of undertakings (TUPE), restrictive covenants, redundancy programmes, discrimination issues and trade union recognition. He holds a proven track record as an advocate at Employment Tribunal , one large client recently described him as "better than a barrister". He is also at ease advising clients in face-to-face meetings or over the telephone.

Simon has a wealth of experience across all market sectors and acts for a wide range of employer clients including multi-nationals and plcs. His reputation is acknowledged in the key independent guide to the legal profession, Chambers and also the Legal 500. Simon's pragmatic approach to law has seen him described in Chambers as "a pro-active business savvy lawyer" and someone "who doesn't come up with a lawyer's solution all of the time".

Career

Joined Trethowans as Head of Employment in January 2005
Became Managing Partner in June 2009

Professional Qualifications, Accreditations and Memberships

Law Society member
Employment Lawyers Association member
Member of the Institute of Directors
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) member
Recommended by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Recommended by Legal 500
Guest speaker for various organisations

Specialist Areas

Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE)
Discrimination (on the grounds of sex, race, disability, religion etc)
Restrictive Covenants

Link to the Employment & HR section of the website

Chambers Recommendation - Simon Rhodes

Recommended by Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

"Simon Rhodes has successfully overseen the growth of the practice. Clients "hold him in the highest regard," while peers describe him as "a forthright go-getter, well versed in the law and fair to deal with." His team is "quite clearly on the up," sources agree."