Settlement agreement advice across England and Wales.

Nationwide settlement agreement advice

Settlement Solicitors, a trading style of Ackroyd Legal (London) LLP, provides specialist employment law and settlement agreement advice to clients in every major city, town, and region across England and Wales. Our expertise is not limited by geography — we advise clients in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, and hundreds of smaller towns and villages every year.

All consultations can be conducted by telephone or video call, meaning you can access the same high quality of legal advice regardless of where you are based. For clients who prefer an in-person meeting, we can make arrangements to accommodate you.

Why location does not limit your choice of solicitor

There is a common misconception that you must use a local solicitor for employment law advice. This is not the case. Employment law is a national body of law and your rights as an employee are the same whether you live in London or Leeds, Cardiff or Cambridge. What matters is the quality and depth of expertise your solicitor brings to your matter — not their proximity to you.

In fact, many of our clients specifically choose us because we are specialists in settlement agreements, rather than using a local generalist firm that handles conveyancing, wills, and family law alongside the occasional employment matter. Specialisation matters when the stakes are high.

How remote advice works in practice

The process of obtaining settlement agreement advice remotely is straightforward. You send us a copy of your agreement by email or through our secure online enquiry form. We review it and then speak with you by phone or video call to provide our advice, answer your questions, and discuss any negotiation strategy. Once you are satisfied with the terms, you sign the agreement and we countersign the solicitor's certificate — which can all be handled electronically.

The entire process, from your first contact to the completed agreement, can be managed entirely remotely without any reduction in the quality of advice or the rigour of our review.

Settlement agreement advice in London

London is our primary market and we advise a large volume of clients across all London boroughs and the City every year. Whether you work in financial services in Canary Wharf, in a professional services firm in the City, in a media company in Soho, or in a technology business in Shoreditch, we have extensive experience of the employment law issues that arise in your sector and can provide advice that is directly relevant to your circumstances.

We act for employees at every level — from junior employees to senior executives, directors, and partners — and we are well versed in the particular complexities that arise in high-value senior exits, including deferred bonus arrangements, long-term incentive plans, and complex restrictive covenant regimes.

Settlement agreement advice outside London

Our client base extends well beyond London. We regularly advise employees and employers in Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool, and all other major cities, as well as clients in smaller towns across the Home Counties, the South West, the Midlands, Yorkshire, the North West, and Wales.

Employment law disputes can arise in any workplace, in any industry, in any part of the country. Our specialist knowledge is equally relevant and equally available to you wherever you are based.

Employer advice across England and Wales

We also act for employers of all sizes across England and Wales, advising on settlement agreement drafting, the management of redundancy processes, defending Employment Tribunal claims, and the full range of employment law matters. If you are an employer in any part of England or Wales looking for commercially focused, expert employment law advice, we would be delighted to assist.