Staff Profiles
Timothy Luckhurst-Matthews
Partner
Specialist in Commercial Property and Corporate & Commercial.
Admitted in 1986, Tim has been a Partner in London firms and enjoyed spells in-house including as Group Solicitor and Commercial Manager within the Heron Corporation. His Corporate and Commercial specialities are Restructures, Mergers, Demergers, MBOs and Listings, and Project and Change Management. He also has substantial Commercial Property and RSL experience and splits his time between Corporate and Commercial, and Commercial Property work.
John McMullen
Partner
Specialist in Employment Law.
John is a partner in the firm’s Employment team
He has 25 years experience in employment law and is noted as being both a strategic thinker and leader in his field as well as being a practical hands-on lawyer. His client management and client care skills are well known. By peer acclaim he is one of the leading lawyers in the UK with a national and international reputation. Legal 500 has described John as “one of the country’s highest profile employment lawyers” and Chambers and Partners Guide to the Legal Professional stated that John “inspires tremendous confidence”.
John is a leading author in the field of employment law and his publications include Business Transfers and Employee Rights, the leading work on TUPE. John’s practical experience in TUPE and all employment law matters is extensive. As well as being a writer and commentator on mergers and acquisitions he advises in the public and private sectors on the subject of staff transfers. This includes wide experience in mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, franchising and complex restructuring. In the context of public sector transfers he has considerable experience of intra public sector transfers, central and local government contracting for services and PFI/PPP transactions. He is versed in all aspects of employment law and is lauded by clients for being able to translate the law into laymen’s terms and “getting the deal done”. He is regarded as the country’s leading expert on TUPE
Jean-Pierre Van Zyl
Partner
Specialist in Employment Law.
Jean-Pierre joined Short Richardson & Forth LLP in April 2005. Jean-Pierre qualified as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa during 1998 and as a Solicitor during 2003.
Jean-Pierre is a strong advocate with a growing reputation for his tribunal work. He advises on all areas of unlawful discrimination, re-organisations and redundancies, unfair dismissal, breach of contract and high value compromises agreements. In addition he regularly takes part in seminars as well as bespoke HR training for clients.
Jean-Pierre deals with contentious and non-contentious issues for a range of clients throughout the United Kingdom covering a wide range of jurisdictions, most notable Equal Pay, Race and Sex Discrimination.