Clients

TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE

Our clients include those listed on the FTSE 250, representing a cross-section of influential and publicly traded companies. Additionally, we specialize in providing comprehensive legal support to large corporations, ensuring they navigate the complex regulatory landscape with confidence and adherence to the highest legal standards. Recognizing the dynamic nature of the business world, we extend our expertise to private equity-owned companies, delivering tailored legal solutions that align with their unique structures and strategic objectives. At Watershed Law, we are committed to delivering exceptional legal services that empower our clients to thrive in an ever-evolving corporate environment.

Employment law support Flowtech Fluidpower has been a Watershed client since 2010.  It is a provider of fluid power products and solutions that supplies hydraulic and pneumatic components and services in multiple industries throughout the UK and northern Europe.  It employs nearly 600 people, operating in 19 locations with more than 500 brands.  Its sustainable…

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Support on reward  Watershed has provided support on employment law and managing people to Benchmark Sport since 2019.  Benchmark Sport is the holding company for a global network of brands and businesses that develop sport-related networks in the business and social sectors.  These brands include Think Beyond, Beyond Sport, SIG, NSE and TrybWorld. In February…

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Aligning job evaluation and pay bands “We have built up a strong working relationship with Watershed over many years and always receive sound advice and guidance on job evaluation, pay and grading matters.” Audit Scotland supports the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission with financial and performance auditing to ensure that Scotland’s public funds are…

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Employment law support Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services is a long-standing Watershed client. It helps their customers to deliver high-quality inspections and repairs, term maintenance or new build capital projects by supplying a broad range of products and services. These include scaffolding, insulation, cladding, coating, labour, project management, and safety systems. It employs approximately 2,500…

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Providing fixed-fee HR and employment law advice “the reason it works is that Watershed gives us the advice we need at the point when we ask for it, it’s not led by anything else” Exemplar Health Care Services, whose head office is in Rotherham, employs 2,500 people at its 30 homes.  The majority of homes…

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Setting up an assessment centre “Watershed have helped and supported this turnaround with diligence and respect for the people directly affected whilst remaining impartial and highly professional throughout.” Findel plc is a long-standing Watershed client. Its subsidiary, Findel Education, which supplies educational resources to schools, regularly uses our services for support on managing people. The…

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Supporting HR projects, organisation design and interim managers “We like working with one consistent supplier and have stuck with Watershed even though we regularly review our options.  We find Watershed much better than expensive city lawyers” Findel is a long-standing client of Watershed.  Its largest subsidiary, Studio Retail Limited, is a multi-channel retailer that offers…

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Simplifying the pay and grading structures “Watershed’s review process was prompt and thorough and they provided clear options and recommendations that gave us what we needed to tackle the problems we had identified.” Gooch & Housego is a photonics technology business headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with operations in the USA and Europe.  A world…

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Advising on the transfer of the Stoneblower contract from Balfour Beatty Harsco Rail is the largest railway infrastructure maintenance and construction company in the Western Hemisphere.  It uses a range of high-quality equipment and cutting-edge technology to support its customer base of more than 125 railways throughout the world.  Founded in 1909, it has over…

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Supporting HR projects and providing fixed-fee HR and employment law advice “Watershed’s service is exactly how an employment law support package should operate.  We feel it gives flexibility but also puts decisions in the hands of the organisation.  We empower our managers and Watershed helps in that process by giving us risk-based support and good,…

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Providing fixed-fee HR and employment law advice “I would not hesitate in recommending Watershed to any business or company looking to ensure that their approach to employment law matters is robust, fair and pragmatic.” Heathcotes Group is a provider of specialist residential care for adults and children with learning disabilities, complex needs and associated challenging…

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Providing HR management for a global outsourcing project Watershed is an essential extension of our team to ensure that we complete the transfers on time and each new member of the team is integrated successfully into Hexaware” Hexaware Technologies is one of the leading and fastest growing next generation providers of IT, business process outsourcing…

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