Nick has 30 years’ experience of advising clients across many sectors including health (NHS and independent providers), consumer goods, logistics, professional services, and manufacturing. His clients include UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, BAE Systems, BT, Royal Mail, and HCRG Care Group.

Nick is one of the rare specialists in trade union relations. He also has substantial experience of team moves, High Court litigation, group litigation (including acting in the largest single test case in Employment Tribunal history), organisational change, and board level issues.

Featured Experience

• Advising multiple employers on trade union recognition requests
• Assisting Royal Mail in obtaining injunctions to restrain national strike action in the lead up to the 2019 General Election and Christmas period and 2017 Christmas period
• Advising multiple employers facing strike ballots in the 2022 “summer of discontent”
• Multiple listed employers changing collectively bargained terms through negotiations with trade unions
• Assisting many NHS clients on Board level arrivals and departures and concerns about senior medical staff

Endorsements

“Nick Chronias - practical and commercial with an excellent strategic understanding of Trade Union and industrial action legal advice and support.” - Legal 500 UK, Employment, 2025

“DAC Beachcroft partner Nick Chronias has a broad employment practice and is a go-to lawyer for trade union issues. He is known to be a leader in matters relating to industrial action and collective agreements, with particular expertise pertaining to healthcare and the NHS.“ - Chambers & Partners UK, Employment, 2025