The team

Ten people · One floor · Clerkenwell

Small enough to know
every file.

Ten of us, on one floor in Clerkenwell. Every matter is run by a partner, and whoever picks up the phone has already read the file.

Nadia Farrell, founding partner at Workhaus

Black and white portrait of a member of the Workhaus team

Who acts

Nobody hands
your file on.

Who acts

Nobody hands
your file on.

The partners

Four · Scroll to shuffle

One of these four
will run your matter.

Four partners take instructions. Whichever one takes yours stays on it — through the correspondence, the negotiation and, if it comes to it, the hearing.

Nadia Farrell

Founding partner

Twenty-two years, eleven of them in-house at a FTSE 250. Runs the executive exits.

Nadia Farrell

Founding partner

Twenty-two years, eleven of them in-house at a FTSE 250. Runs the executive exits.

Elliot Vance

Partner · Executive practice

Acted on both sides of the same restructuring, two years apart. Knows what the other letter says next.

Elliot Vance

Partner · Executive practice

Acted on both sides of the same restructuring, two years apart. Knows what the other letter says next.

Mei-Lin Cheung

Partner · Employer advisory

Built the grievance procedure three of our clients now use. Sits on the tribunal user group.

Mei-Lin Cheung

Partner · Employer advisory

Built the grievance procedure three of our clients now use. Sits on the tribunal user group.

Ingrid Holm

Partner · Investigations

Ninety-one investigations. Fourteen reports that went to a board, and none that went to a tribunal.

Ingrid Holm

Partner · Investigations

Ninety-one investigations. Fourteen reports that went to a board, and none that went to a tribunal.

Four colleagues reading a document together

I have never handed a matter to someone the client had not met. Nor will anyone here.

Nadia Farrell · Founding partner

I have never handed a matter to someone the client had not met. Nor will anyone here.

Nadia Farrell · Founding partner

I have never handed a matter to someone the client had not met. Nor will anyone here.

Nadia Farrell · Founding partner

How a matter is staffed

No leverage pyramid

The call

A partner takes it. Not a paralegal with a script, and not a web form that promises a response within three working days. If the person you speak to cannot act for you — because of a conflict, or because it is not our field — they will say so on that first call, and tell you who can.