About

I have worked as an employment lawyer for nearly a decade but, in the past few years, I have specialised in global mobility matters where I lead our firm's work on these issues. I work closely with our tax, immigration, data, and corporate team, as well as with our international colleagues, to co-ordinate advice and help clients shape a strategic and commercial international mobility strategy ensuring compliance and that risks are managed.

I advise clients across a broad range of sectors, but in particular, those in fashion and fashion retail, technology, biotech, manufacturing, professional services (including legal and financial), advertising & marketing, and the oil, gas, and energy sector.

Experience

Employment

  • Supporting both employers and employees from all industry sectors on a wide range of day-to-day employment issues in both contentious and non-contentious issues
  • Representing large multinational employers on a full range of employment litigation. I have extensive experience in Employment Tribunal litigation, including before the Employment Appeals Tribunal, having dealt with complex cases involving: TUPE, whistleblowing, discrimination (including claims relating to disability, sex, race, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, and religion), automatic unfair dismissal, wages, and unfair dismissal
  • Drafting and reviewing employment contracts and policies
  • Negotiating and drafting of settlement agreements (including senior executive exits)
  • Delivering training to our employer clients

Global mobility

  • Advising on all types of global mobility arrangements including permanent and temporary relocations, expatriate assignments, new hire relocations, global remote workers, and virtual assignments
  • Drafting of the necessary employment paperwork for all types of global mobility arrangements including international secondment agreements, contract variations for overseas working, and relocation terms
  • Advising on the full assignment life cycle and relocation processes
  • Advising on the engagement, onboarding, and offboarding of employers of record across numerous jurisdictions including review and negotiation of commercial terms
  • Advising on global mobility policy and implementation globally
  • Undertaking workforce audits to identify unknown expatriates and unidentified labour leasing
  • Leading and advising on c-suite and VIP relocations or assignments
  • Ensuring immigration compliance for clients globally including obtaining visas and required work permits including Posted Workers Directive compliance and business traveller / visitor compliance

International employment

  • Advising on international projects requiring advice across numerous jurisdictions
  • Advising on the engagement of c-suite and senior executives (including directors) of overseas entities
  • Advising on the expansion of clients into new territories / markets including branch / entity set up and the employment aspects surrounding this expansion

Awards

Named by the International Employment Lawyer in its Tomorrow's Leaders 2024

Services

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