Team

Amy is an experienced HR consultant who is also a qualified mediator and (level five) coach.

She previously spent time working in organisational development, before moving across to HR, where she has worked for a number of years.

Amy has experience of a full range of caseloads, including significant working knowledge of disciplinary cases, absent management and change processes.

She also has experience across local government and the charity sector and achieved chartered CIPD status in 2025.

Angela heads up the increasingly busy Business Immigration service that supports AfterAthena’s. Employment Law and HR services. She is a Legal Director in the team, with over 15 years’ experience.

Angela helps businesses to navigate the complex process of hiring talent from outside the UK. She spends much of her time providing compliance training to clients, as well as presenting at seminars and webinars on global mobility. Angela is renowned for her ‘jargon-free’ approach, conveying complex immigration rules and processes in a succinct and easy to follow way.

Along with her experience in law firms, Angela has gained invaluable knowledge in both the consumer and public sectors, with the likes of Asda, Royal Mail and Cumbria County Council.

Charlotte is a associate solicitor in the employment team and has experience acting for clients on a range of employment matters including disciplinary and capability issues and managing long term absences.

She has particular experience in corporate support work dealing with the employment aspects of business disposal and acquisitions including drafting director service agreements, reviewing SPAs and APAs and drafting disclosure letters.

Charlotte also has experience in advising clients on each stage of the Employment Tribunal process including drafting ET3s and grounds of resistance, dealing with disclosure and the drafting of witness statements as well as providing general advice on the tribunal process.

Chris is Partner and Head of AfterAthena and acts for some of UK’s well-known brands to fast growing entrepreneurial businesses.

He is passionate about innovation and enhancing the client experience through practical advice and technology.

Chris has a wealth of experience in advising a wide range of clients on areas including complex discrimination litigation and trade union law.

Having joined Napthens in 2004, Chris became partner in 2008 and now heads up Napthens Group’s AfterAthena brand, supporting clients with employment law, HR and health and safety guidance. In The Legal 500 guide to the legal industry, this team has been recommended for employment law services and Chris himself noted as leading a ‘proactive team.’

Chris handles a range of general employment and HR matters for employers from day-to-day employment law and HR advice to complex TUPE and collective redundancy matters and often works alongside the corporate team.

He is a highly skilled employment solicitor with a reputation for providing strategic and pragmatic advice to businesses and individuals, having carried out work for clients ranging from SMEs through to large multinationals and PLCs, across a wide range of sectors.

With a client-focused approach and a deep understanding of employment law, Chris is adept at tailoring solutions that align with organisational goals while mitigating risk.

In addition, Chris has significant experience in the negotiation of settlement agreements, employment support work on mergers and acquisitions, and disciplinary and capability dismissals.

Claire is a partner at AfterAthena and acts for a variety of businesses, including small owner-managed businesses through to larger corporate entities, educational establishments and charities, on all aspects of employment law and human resources issues from recruitment through to dismissal.

She heads up the manufacturing sector team, working with colleagues with other legal specialists to provide a wide spectrum of legal expertise and manufacturing knowledge to prominent national and regional manufacturers.

Claire also acts for senior executives negotiating new employment terms and severance arrangements and has particular experience in dealing with restructuring and redundancy, guiding employers through the highly-complex redundancy consultation process, thorny dismissals, drafting and reviewing service agreements, restrictive covenants and settlement agreements.

She regularly presents regular workshops/seminars including those held by local intermediaries and delivers in-house training to businesses on a range of employment law topics.