EXPERTISE 

Shakeel is recognised in Legal 500 for "his considerable reputation in the food and drink sector", with over 15 years of experience acting for some of the biggest and most-high profile businesses in the sector including, ASDA, Chipotle, Leon, the EG Group (including across their KFC franchise portfolio), LIDL (CONFIDENTIAL), Kraft Heinz, Arla, Lucozade Ribena Suntory and Haribo. Clients rely on Shakeel as a sectoral barometer on legal and ethical people considerations and he regularly leads thought leadership dinners with senior HR personnel across the sector. 

Shakeel's relevant experience includes:

• advising an international food business on the employment aspects of a large out-sourcing exercise, which included a collective redundancy process;
• advising an international food and drink business in respect of serious and sensitive allegations of discrimination against 2 of its UK board members;
• advising an international food and drink business in respect of an inadvertent breach of the NMW regulations, including dealing with HMRC and dealing with historic liability