Ryan Reece

Ryan Reece is a senior HR Professional, Employment Lawyer, and internationally accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator and Arbitrator. Ryan has a split practice and works as an Employment Lawyer specialising in employee claims, as well as taking instructions for mediation and arbitration, allowing him to have a balanced view on all things HR and Law. 

With over 13 years’ experience providing strategic HR leadership and expert employment law advice across the public, private and third sectors. Having held senior HR Director and consultancy positions, Ryan has advised more than 1,000 organisations, including FTSE 250 companies, on complex employee relations, organisational change, Employment Tribunal litigation, ACAS Early Conciliation, TUPE, restructures, redundancies, discrimination, whistleblowing, safeguarding, and negotiated settlements.  

Ryan combines in-depth legal knowledge with a commercially focused approach, helping organisations minimise risk, maintain compliance, and resolve complex workplace issues pragmatically. He has extensive experience supporting executive leadership teams and Boards, developing HR strategy, leading organisational transformation, and implementing best practice people management frameworks. 

Ryan also has significant expertise within the health and social care sector, advising providers on safeguarding, regulatory compliance, disciplinary processes involving allegations against employees, Ofsted and LADO investigations, DBS referrals, and employment matters arising from CQC-regulated and children’s services environments. His ability to integrate employment law, HR strategy, and regulatory requirements enables organisations to navigate highly sensitive workforce issues with confidence while protecting both organisational and service user interests. 

A graduate of two Russell Group institutions, including the University of Cambridge and an Associate of the University of Sheffield, Ryan is commencing Bar Practice Training with the University of Law, further strengthening his dual specialism in strategic HR and employment law. This combination of senior HR leadership, employment law expertise, and ongoing legal training enables him to provide commercially focused, legally robust advice to organisations operating in complex and highly regulated environments. 

Qualifications 

• B.A. (Hons) Law 

• PgDL 

• PDSL Mediation and Arbitration 

• BPTC and LL.M. Student 

• Level 7 CIPD Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management 

• Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management 

• Cert.HE Human Health Sciences – Medicine 

• Level 4 Certificate Safeguarding Lead (Combined) 

Professional Memberships 

• The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn 

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) 

• Civil Mediation Council (CMC) 

• International Mediation Institute (IMI) 

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)