New Yorkshire lead for firm’s employment team
Brabners has grown its employment, pensions and immigration practice with the appointment of partner Andy Graham, who will enhance the firm’s employment specialism and develop a team in Yorkshire.
Based in Brabners’ Leeds office, Andy brings more than 15 years’ experience. He advises clients in a wide range of industries such as retail, healthcare, financial services and manufacturing—including household names, public limited companies, private equity funds and senior executives.
Andy joins from Shoosmiths, having previously worked for Addleshaw Goddard in Leeds and CMS in Sheffield, where he developed a specialism in matters relating to trade union disputes. Andy also worked in-house for BAE Systems plc, giving him invaluable industry insight.
Andy has extensive experience working for and undertaking advocacy for high-profile employers in tribunals in defending high-value discrimination claims, as well as representing senior executives in relation to contractual agreements and exits.
He has spent the past seven years as a member of the Board of Trustees of mental health charity Leeds Mind, stepping down at the end of 2023.
Nik White, managing partner at Brabners, said: ‘As someone with both a strong grounding in the local market and advising household brands, Andy perfectly encapsulates our position as a firm anchored in the North but with national reach. Having worked on behalf of both claimants and defendants, his knowledge and expertise will be hugely beneficial as we continue to see a rise in employment-related claims.’
Andy added: ‘Brabners has quickly developed a healthy reputation in Yorkshire as a firm that genuinely places culture at its heart. Its commitment to make the difference to its people was evident from conversations with colleagues old and new and it’s a pleasure to now see that first-hand. I have been blown away by the talent already in the building and am excited about what the future holds.’
