About

I advise UK-based and multinational companies on all aspects of labour and employment law.

I have considerable experience in Employment Tribunal litigation, regularly advising on defending claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination, wrongful dismissal and whistleblowing.

I routinely advise on international employment law and have considerable experience in co-ordinating large cross-border employment projects.

As a member of Lewis Silkin's Global Mobility team, I routinely advise clients on the employment, immigration and tax implications of hiring and moving employees internationally.

As a member of our specialist contingent workforce group, I have experience advising on employment status issues as well as in relation to the regulatory frameworks that employment agencies and employment businesses operate in.

I also advise on key emerging issues for employers, including aspects of the ESG agenda such as the Modern Slavery Act.

Experience

Employment

  • Advising clients across a wide range of sectors on day-to-day issues such as redundancies, performance and absence management, disciplinaries, grievances, employment contracts, changing terms and conditions and TUPE transfers
  • Advising on more complex issues including disputes with senior individuals

Global mobility

  • Working closely with international colleagues to co-ordinate advice and help clients to shape a strategic and commercial international mobility strategy (including preparation of mobility-related policy and internal guidance documents)
  • Advising on the risks associated with (and implementation of) secondment and assignment / posting arrangements
  • Advising employers on territorial scope and jurisdiction issues and defending Employment Tribunal proceedings brought in relation to the same

Contingent workforce

  • Advising on employment status issues and more unusual working arrangements, such as self-employed contractors (including IR35 matters), agency workers, secondees, interns, zero hours workers and apprentices

Education & Social Mobility

  • Co-heading the firm's Education & Social Mobility group
  • Regularly delivering outreach sessions to secondary schools and colleges in parts of the country where social mobility is particularly challenging

Services

Sectors