Naman Khatri

Expertise Naman Advises Experience Highlights Career History

Associate Solicitor

Employment, Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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Expertise

Naman is a dual-qualified legal professional (England & Wales and India) with experience in cross-border employment law, commercial litigation, and dispute resolution. Working alongside and under the supervision of a senior employment law partner at gunnercooke, he advises on a broad range of employment matters for both individuals and businesses, combining legal rigour with a commercially focused approach.

His employment law experience includes advising on exit negotiations, redundancy processes, whistleblowing, disciplinary and grievance procedures, employment tribunal litigation, and breach of post-termination restrictions. Naman regularly assists in drafting contracts of employment, settlement agreements, and internal HR policies. He supports on the strategic handling of contentious exits, enforcement of restrictive covenants, and disputes involving unfair dismissal, discrimination, and victimisation.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales in April 2025, Naman practised law in India, having registered as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in August 2021. He represented financial institutions, insolvency professionals, and private clients in complex disputes before the Honourable Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), and a range of other judicial and quasi-judicial forums in Delhi. His practice in India focused on banking and financial litigation, enforcement of secured assets, corporate insolvency, and creditor rights, and included advising and acting in domestic arbitrations involving commercial and contractual matters.

Naman Advises

  • Advises senior executives in UK on a wide range of employment law matters, both contentious and advisory, including executive service agreements, long-term sickness and health-related entitlements, performance-related issues, termination disputes, discrimination and harassment claims, whistleblowing, enforcement of post-employment restrictions, team departures, and internal workplace policies.
  • Naman also advises his clients on Indian laws, particularly in the areas of labour and employment, insolvency and restructuring, and civil and commercial disputes.

Experience Highlights

  • Advised a leading UK construction materials manufacturer on the end-to-end management of a complex employee disciplinary process, including investigation, drafting of outcomes, appeal handling, and lawful termination.
  • Advised a European real estate finance company on a potential contractual dispute with a consultant, including risk assessment, strategic options, and pre-litigation correspondence.
  • Advised a senior executive at a banking institution on a potential constructive dismissal claim, assessing breaches of contract and implied terms, and advising on exit strategy, legal remedies, and settlement negotiations.
  • Worked on employment litigation for employees of a foreign embassy in a dispute raising complex issues of state immunity, including jurisdictional challenges and the application of the State Immunity Act 1978 to UK employment claims.

Career History

Previous Businesses

  • Associate Advocate at Karmanya Attorneys LLP, Delhi, India.

Memberships

  • Solicitor registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), United Kingdom
  • Advocate registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, India

Education

  • LLM with specialisation in Commercial and Corporate laws from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • BA LLB from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

Other

Expertise

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Naman is a dual-qualified legal professional (England & Wales and India) with experience in cross-border employment law, commercial litigation, and dispute resolution. Working alongside and under the supervision of a senior employment law partner at gunnercooke, he advises on a broad range of employment matters for both individuals and businesses, combining legal rigour with a commercially focused approach.

His employment law experience includes advising on exit negotiations, redundancy processes, whistleblowing, disciplinary and grievance procedures, employment tribunal litigation, and breach of post-termination restrictions. Naman regularly assists in drafting contracts of employment, settlement agreements, and internal HR policies. He supports on the strategic handling of contentious exits, enforcement of restrictive covenants, and disputes involving unfair dismissal, discrimination, and victimisation.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales in April 2025, Naman practised law in India, having registered as an advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in August 2021. He represented financial institutions, insolvency professionals, and private clients in complex disputes before the Honourable Supreme Court of India, the High Court of Delhi, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), and a range of other judicial and quasi-judicial forums in Delhi. His practice in India focused on banking and financial litigation, enforcement of secured assets, corporate insolvency, and creditor rights, and included advising and acting in domestic arbitrations involving commercial and contractual matters.

Naman Advises

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  • Advises senior executives in UK on a wide range of employment law matters, both contentious and advisory, including executive service agreements, long-term sickness and health-related entitlements, performance-related issues, termination disputes, discrimination and harassment claims, whistleblowing, enforcement of post-employment restrictions, team departures, and internal workplace policies.
  • Naman also advises his clients on Indian laws, particularly in the areas of labour and employment, insolvency and restructuring, and civil and commercial disputes.

Experience Highlights

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  • Advised a leading UK construction materials manufacturer on the end-to-end management of a complex employee disciplinary process, including investigation, drafting of outcomes, appeal handling, and lawful termination.
  • Advised a European real estate finance company on a potential contractual dispute with a consultant, including risk assessment, strategic options, and pre-litigation correspondence.
  • Advised a senior executive at a banking institution on a potential constructive dismissal claim, assessing breaches of contract and implied terms, and advising on exit strategy, legal remedies, and settlement negotiations.
  • Worked on employment litigation for employees of a foreign embassy in a dispute raising complex issues of state immunity, including jurisdictional challenges and the application of the State Immunity Act 1978 to UK employment claims.

Career History

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Previous Businesses

  • Associate Advocate at Karmanya Attorneys LLP, Delhi, India.

Memberships

  • Solicitor registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), United Kingdom
  • Advocate registered with the Bar Council of Delhi, India

Education

  • LLM with specialisation in Commercial and Corporate laws from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
  • BA LLB from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

Other