Elliot Francis
He has extensive experience advising corporate and senior executive clients on employment law issues across a range of sectors, including financial services, media & entertainment, hospitality, health and social care, professional services, pharmacology, and technology. His practice covers advisory, transactional, and contentious matters, with a focus on providing strategic and commercially focused advice.
He is considered a reliable and pragmatic adviser to numerous HR teams and advises regularly on issues involving performance and capability management, workforce reorganisations, contractual disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, data protection, and regulatory compliance (including FCA requirements). Elliot also advises in relation to corporate transactions, supporting multimillion-pound mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.
Elliot has valuable experience in litigating matters on behalf of both claimants and respondents. His experience includes complex Employment Tribunal claims involving whistleblowing, discrimination, harassment, victimisation and unfair dismissal. Elliot also has experience in the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, where he was involved in a successful appeal which established junior doctors’ rights to bring whistleblowing claims against Health Education England. Elliot also advises on employment related matters involving civil court proceedings and arbitration matters.
Whether acting for an individual or a company, Elliot focuses on understanding his client’s concerns, motives and desired outcome. Elliot is recommended for his ability to digest and understand complex details of a case in a short space of time and his ability to cut through a matter in order to provide practical and solutions-orientated advice.
Elliot is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and joined Edwin Coe in 2017.