Restrictive Covenants & Business Protection

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Are you looking to protect your business with Restrictive Covenants, or concerned about enforcing them against a departing employee?

Restrictive Covenants can be an important clause to protect your client base, confidential information, and workforce – but they need to be carefully drafted and effectively enforced.

Restrictive Covenants are clauses in the employment contract which purport to restrict an employee on what they can and cannot do once their employment ends.

These may include:

• Non-compete clauses – prevents a former employee from joining a competitor for a stated period
• Non-dealing clauses – restricts them from dealing with certain clients
• Non-solicitation clauses – stops them from taking customers and former colleagues with them to their new role

For employers, Restrictive Covenants are a key way to protect your business interests. If a former employee breaches these clauses, you may have grounds to enforce them through the courts.

Our employment law team are experts in advising businesses on drafting effective Restrictive Covenants, reviewing existing contracts, and enforcing them if they are breached.