Jane Laidler

Joint Managing Partner and Head of Department

As well as jointly managing the firm with Chris Harper, Jane also heads our specialist Employment Law team.

She has a breadth of experience in employment law, both contentious and non-contentious, including issues of discrimination and in particular in Employment Tribunals through the full appeal process to the House of Lords. She advises employers and employees on complex employment issues and has special interest in the practical development of good management practices within the employment law framework.

She was a partner in Simmonds Church Smiles before it merged with GRM in 1999. She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, the Industrial Law Society, the Solicitors' Family Law Association and the British Association for Sports Law. She has contributed to many publications and given numerous seminars .

e: j.laidler@grm.co.uk

Adrian Mezzetti

Consultant

Adrian is Consultant and former partner in the Corporate and Commercial team.

He handles mergers and acquisitions, management buyouts and general commercial contracts including sports-related transactions. He is the firm's charity partner and is a trustee of several charities. His work also involves constitutional issues, bank secured lending, joint ventures, pension scheme matters and employment problems.

Throughout his career he has developed a wide range of contacts and clients and is a director or secretary of a number of companies. He is a regular contributor and English law specialist to the publication "Insolvenzen in Europa", now in its fifth edition. He is also a trustee on the board of a London Hospital and has been appointed to the Court of the University of Bristol.

e: a.mezzetti@grm.co.uk