Shalina CrossleyPartner

I am recognised in Legal 500 for my work. I work with corporate clients across a variety of sectors, with a particular focus on the professional services sector. I am also an experienced investigator.

 

Employment

Whilst my practice covers many aspects of employment and partnership law, I specialise in:

• high value and commercially sensitive employment litigation on issues such as discrimination and whistleblowing

• advising on sensitive senior terminations

• strategic advice on projects including those involving redundancy, restructuring and culture change

• navigating complex disciplinary and grievance issues

Many of my clients are in the professional services and creative sectors. A significant proportion of my work is advising law firms on their own internal HR issues and representing them in employment tribunal and arbitration proceedings. I have undertaken a secondment to an international law firm during which I advised on employee relations issues and internal equal opportunities policies.

Examples of my work include:

• advising a premier league football club on worker status issues

• advising a global advertising agency through a sale process involving international TUPE issues

• defending race discrimination proceedings against an international energy company

• advising a private equity house on a team move

Partnerships & LLPs

As part of my work with professional services firms I advise on partnership law issues. These include issues relating to retirement, expulsion, discrimination and partnership/employment status. I also act for such firms in relation to their internal employment issues. As part of my work in the law firms sector, I setup the Up and Coming Legal HR Network which facilitates networking opportunities for HR professionals in this sector.

Examples of my work include:

• acting for a US law firm in an employment tribunal claim involving allegations of whistleblowing and discrimination

• arbitrating age discrimination proceedings brought by a former partner against an international law firm

• advising international law firms on partner misconduct matters including regulatory issues

• advising a law firm in relation to a sexual harassment grievance made against an equity partner

Investigations

I am instructed to undertake highly sensitive and complex investigations.

Examples of my work include:

• investigating allegations of an alleged culture and specific instances of racism for the Barbican (in the public domain)

• investigating allegations of sexual harassment made by a junior lawyer against an equity partner

• investigating allegations of alleged corporate misgovernance made against a board of directors

• investigating allegations of theft of confidential information for an automotive company