Tanushree SehmbiSenior Lawyer

I advise across the full breadth of employment legal issues, including contentious, complex advisory and corporate transactional work. My focus is on delivering pragmatic, strategic advice in fast-paced commercial environments, whilst maintaining a collaborative, business-partnering approach.

I have extensive experience of managing the varied and complex issues which can arise in the following sectors:

• Telephony, mobile and broadband
• Television broadcasting:  News, Sports and Production Studios
• Technology
• Contact Centres
• Engineers and retail

Key Responsibilities

• Advice and support to HR on all employment matters including policy changes, contract clauses, holiday pay queries, complex grievances and disciplinary issues and settlement agreements
  
• Leading on employment issues in change programmes (both TUPE & redundancy) 
  
• Advising on international HR issues
  
• Conducting complex tribunal litigation (including preliminary hearing advocacy) 
  
• Advising on complex internal investigations, including navigating US ACP issues 
  
• Proactively advising on changes to the law and training HR and key stakeholders

Some examples of my work include:

• Employment Law Lead on a year-long international project in Czechia involving the management of 150+ temporarily assigned employees  and the subsequent successful on-boarding of 100+ employees. Advising  HR on  all employment law-related contractual, policy and operational issues.
  
• Planned and project managed the preparatory work required to undertake an audit of employment law
  compliance in 20+ overseas locations. This involved comprehensive data gathering from many different teams such as Data Protection, Compliance and Security. Following this, I was appointed as the subject matter expert on a steering group set up to establish a comprehensive governance framework for international working.
  
• Independently managed a complex High Court litigation Claim valued in excess of £250,000 involving an IPI scheme where there was the risk of further multi-party claims. Worked closely with HR Leadership to discuss strategy, legal risks and financial and reputational impacts. Supported the commercial litigation team, IPI provider, private mediator and counsel to achieve a hugely successful settlement via private mediation.
  
• Provided strategic advice on complex multi-party discrimination tribunal matters at all stages of the internal process.  These cases covered a wide range of complex legal issues and tribunal procedures, such as privilege, whistleblowing, sexual harassment, discrimination, time limits, anonymity orders, strike outs, deposit orders and judicial mediation.