Chris Holme

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Chris is Head of Employment at Clyde & Co, Chair of the Corporate & Advisory practice group, and a member of the Professional Services practice group exec committee.  

Chris advises employers, companies, partnerships, and LLPs on all of their people issues.  

He works predominately in the financial services, professional services, and insurance sectors supporting a number of law firms, accountancy firms, banks , asset managers, insurers and insurance brokers. 

Chris also has a focus on the infrastructure and transportation sectors. 

Chris’ work includes advising on transformation / re-organisation projects and all employee and partner relations issues. 

Chris advises on and managers all people disputes and litigation. This includes all Employment Tribunal claims – both managing reputationally significant and/or high financial liability discrimination and whistle-blowing claims and managing teams in relation to volume claims.  

Chris advises in relation to protection of business issues and High Court litigation around the hiring of people, and in relation to confidential information. He was instructed in relation to the leading case in the area: Guy Carpenter & Company Limited and others -v- Willis Limited and others [2026] EWHC 361 (KB)

Chris is also instructed in relation to arbitrations for firms and employers, particularly in relation to disputes in relation to members’ agreements in the professional services sector.  
 
Chris’ experience includes working in-house as an employment lawyer at two North American investment banks. 

Aswell as being recognised as a leading lawyer in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, In 2025, Chris was again nominated in the latest Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyers list. Formed through interviews with more than 2,000 senior in-house counsel the list identifies lawyers they have worked with over the past 12 months that have provided an exemplary client experience.
 

Quotations about Chris published in the legal directories include:

“Chris brings a calm and commercial sense.” Chambers & Partners 2026
“[Chris Holme is] an excellent pragmatic employment lawyer who is focused on the outcome.” Chambers & Partners 2025
‘‘Chris Holme has superb interpersonal skills and outstanding judgement. Highly knowledgeable and strategic.” Legal 500 2022
“Chris Holme is a truly exceptional trusted advisor on some extremely sensitive matters. He takes the time to get to grips with our idiosyncrasies and is available whenever needed. Commercial and pragmatic. Cannot praise him highly enough.” Legal 500 2023
“Chris gets to the issues at hand quickly and provides practical, commercial and solution-based advice.” “We rely heavily on Chris's advice. He is good at getting to the nub of any issue to build a strong picture and explain things in layman's terms. He provides practical, sensible and commercial advice that is tailored to what we can actually do. His manner is balanced and very approachable.” Chambers & Partners 2024
“Chris's advice is clear even when a matter is complex, simplifying the message and the advice to assist understanding.” “He is extremely pragmatic and takes time to understand our business to appreciate how we can execute his advice. He understands the commercial goals of the business and will guide us in terms of initiatives to control legal spend.” Chambers & Partners 2024

Experience

• High court litigation (including being instructed in relation to Guy Carpenter & Company Limited and others -v- Willis Limited and others [2026] EWHC 361 (KB)
• Arbitrations for international professional services firms
• Transformation projects for a number of international organisations 
• High value Employment Tribunal claims for professional services organisations, insurance brokers, and financial services organisations 
• Managing employee relations issues (including in relation to senior employees, partners, and directors), in the professional services sector, the financial services sector, and the insurance sector
• Advising in relation to matters that involve regulatory aspects including re the FCA, the SRA and the ICAEW