EXPERTISE 

Shakeel has more than a decade of experience acting for national and international businesses (including a number of Premier League and Football League Clubs) on the full range of employment issues. He is trusted by clients to deal with the most sensitive, complex and high profile employment matters including large scale change programmes, high value employment tribunal litigation including complex whistleblowing and discrimination matters, and the handing of board disputes.

Examples of Shakeel's recent work include:

  • Advising a global manufacturing business on a multi-jurisdictional restructure including redundancies at different sites and a complex outsourcing exercise;
  • Advising an international food business in respect of its proposals to vary the terms of its collective bargaining arrangements;
  • Advising a national retailer on the removal of a number of board members;
  • Advising a global financial business on its expansion into a number of new foreign jurisdictions
Languages
  • Urdu - excellent
  • Punjabi - competent