Employment for Employers

Employment advice for employers, from the first hire to the difficult exit

One badly handled dismissal costs more than a year of good advice. We help you get the process right the first time, and we pick up the phone when it goes wrong.

How we work

Contracts and policies: Employment contracts, handbooks and restrictive covenants that are clear enough for your managers to follow without ringing us.

Dismissals, restructures and claims: A partner beside you from the first meeting to the settlement or hearing, with the cost of each stage agreed before it starts.

Retainer clients get a partner on call, unlimited short questions, and replies the same business day.

Company & Commercial

Shareholder agreements, contracts and terms that protect the business you are building, quoted in writing first.
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Commercial Disputes

Contract, shareholder and supplier disputes resolved early where possible, and fought properly where not.
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Intellectual Property

Trade marks, licences and confidentiality, so the ideas your business runs on stay yours.
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Commercial Property

Leases, purchases and disputes over business premises, with clear timelines and no surprises at completion.
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Corporate Finance & Fundraising

Seed rounds, Series A, loans and acquisitions run by a partner, priced as a fixed scope and closed on time.
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Testimonials
Northgate quoted our shareholder agreement in writing before they started. The final bill matched it.
Maya Ellis
Founder, software company
A supplier dispute had dragged on for a year. Northgate settled it in six weeks, without a court date.
Tom Vidal
Owner, logistics company
The same partner handled our lease, our fundraise and our acquisition. Northgate never passed us down the line.
Helen Marsh
CEO, manufacturing group
Our Series A closed on time because Northgate turned every document round the same day.
Arjun Patel
Co-founder, fintech
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No charge for the first call, and a written quote within 24 hours of it. Or ask a question by email.