Whatever legal support you need, our team of highly experienced education lawyers should be your first port of call. With an Education team rated first in the UK in Chambers and Legal 500, it is no surprise that we advise more than 100 universities. We can support you across your full range of legal needs, including real estate, HR, diversity and inclusion, governance, corporate, commercial, litigation and dispute resolution, international collaborations and ventures, IP, enterprise investment, student claims, consumer law and regulatory and compliance.
We help you think strategically and innovatively, beyond the legal small print, and to take confident and robust decisions. Our strong relationships with government bodies and regulators helps us to keep you ahead of any changes coming down the line. We are a trusted advisor to many clients and a sounding board for new ideas and initiatives: many HEIs turn to us to support their business critical or ground-breaking projects.
We're a global law firm, with experienced colleagues around the world and dedicated teams in the UK, USA, the Gulf and Asia. When you want to look beyond your main campus, we're here to help deliver your global ambitions. We can help you set up and operate flexibly overseas whilst meeting local regulatory requirements. For investors and funders we offer the transactional support you would expect of a global law firm, but allied to true sector insight.
Wherever you operate and whatever your legal needs, we’re here to help you navigate risk, seize opportunities and overcome the challenges ahead.
Our lawyers are experienced in all aspects of higher education and universities law. Our recent experience includes:
- supporting universities to establish overseas campuses and collaborative partnerships and advising on the set up of major new research institutes
- acting for a major private university group on the sale of one of their institutions
- supporting universities to successfully deliver significant organizational change programmes, including complex redundancy exercises
- advising universities on disputes involving the interaction of equality obligations and issues of free speech, including under internal procedures, employment tribunal complaints and threatened judicial review proceedings
- acting for a private university on its transfer to one of the world’s largest higher education groups
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Dernières Publications
- legal updatesDuty to inform workers of right to join a trade union
- legal updatesGabe's Law: What Safety Professionals Need to Know About the Multi-Storey Car Parks (Safety) Bill
- legal updatesOffice for Students’ free speech complaints scheme now in force
- legal updatesEmployer contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) set to ease following Government announcement
Dernières Evénements et formations
- virtual | October 08, 2026Education Webinar - Transnational education (TNE) – legal considerations for education institutions entering into international collaborations
- virtual | October 15, 2026Education Webinar - Under the microscope – conducting successful employee investigations
- virtual | October 21, 2026Education Webinar - An overview of apprenticeship agreements
- virtual | November 03, 2026Delivering education in UAE - legal considerations for UK education institutions
legal updates
29 septembre 2026
Duty to inform workers of right to join a trade union
legal updates
23 septembre 2026
Gabe's Law: What Safety Professionals Need to Know About the Multi-Storey C...
legal updates
02 septembre 2026
Office for Students’ free speech complaints scheme now in force
legal updates
02 juin 2026
Employer contributions to the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) set to ease fo...
virtual
Education Webinar - Transnational education (TNE) – legal considerations fo...
08 octobre 2026
11:00AM - 12:00PM
virtual
Education Webinar - Under the microscope – conducting successful employee i...
15 octobre 2026
11:00AM - 12:00PM
virtual
Education Webinar - An overview of apprenticeship agreements
21 octobre 2026
11:090PM - 12:00PM
virtual
Delivering education in UAE - legal considerations for UK education institu...
03 novembre 2026
11:00AM