About

I am an employment lawyer in our Cardiff office. I specialise in a range of contentious and non-contentious employment law, advising clients across a variety of sectors including technology, advertising & marketing, financial services, retail and sport.

My practise primarily focusses on supporting employers and I enjoy building long-lasting relationships with clients with a view to becoming an extension to their in-house legal and HR teams. I advise on all stages of the employment lifecycle, from contract and policy drafting, the employment aspects of corporate transactions and company reorganisations to performance and absence management, knotty grievance and disciplinary issues involving discrimination and equal pay complaints and negotiating contentious employee exits. I also have particular expertise in atypical employment matters and regularly advise end-users and employment businesses in relation to the supply of labour.

Giving back to our local community is also important to me and I am an active member of the firm's Responsible Business committee, supporting with charity and fundraising, our social mobility mentoring scheme and pro bono advice clinic.

Experience

Employment

  • Advising on company reorganisations including in respect of communications, collective and individual redundancy requirements, changes to terms and conditions and negotiating exit packages
  • Supporting in-house legal and HR teams to navigate tricky employee issues such as performance and absence management and disciplinary and grievance processes
  • Drafting contracts for the supply of agency workers and contractors on behalf of both end-users and employment businesses, negotiating commercial terms and ensuring legal compliance
  • Carrying out external workplace investigations as part of our Investigations Group, often involving serious allegations of bullying and harassment (including sexual harassment)
  • Managing Employment Tribunal litigation on behalf of employers, in defence of claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination and equal pay, including negotiating commercial settlements

Services

Sectors