Max Wayman

Max is an Associate in the Employment team and advises senior executives and employers at all stages of the employment relationship.

For employers, Max has expertise:

• Successfully defending and settling Employment Tribunal litigation, including for international tech companies.
• Assisting employers navigating sensitive employment issues, such as managing employees with disabilities and in relation to discrimination claims.
• Assisting with employee exits, workforce restructuring and redundancy processes.
• Drafting employment contracts, policies and handbooks.
• Advising clients in relation to TUPE transfers (asset transfers and service provision changes) and associated contract drafting.
• Adjusting his advice to suit clients’ appetites for financial and reputational risk.
• Advising family offices in relation to workplace issues.

For senior executives, Max has expertise:

• Identifying potential claims and points of leverage to factor into exit package negotiations.
• Working to secure better terms in settlement agreements.
• Supporting investment professionals and senior executives who are regulated by the FCA and PRA in relation to disciplinary and grievance matters. This includes seeking to safeguard fitness and propriety status.
• Helping clients bring Employment Tribunal claims including for unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing, breach of contract and to recover lost salary, bonuses, options, shares and other entitlements.
• Helping clients understand and navigate their restrictive covenants and employment obligations, for example in relation to competition, confidentiality and director duties.
• Drafting and negotiating employment terms at the start of employment to protect employees’ positions and entitlements.