I am an experienced employment lawyer, with over 12 years’ experience (including over 6 years in-house advising a large member owned organisation on a whole host of employment issues). I re-joined Bates Wells in 2022.
- Advising an employer on a large-scale multiple equal pay claim
- Advising an employer on litigation brought by a former Executive member, including at appellate level
- Advising an employer on senior level exits, including settlement agreements
- Advising employers on industrial relations and trade union issues
- Advising employers on re-organisations, redundancies and handling dismissals
- Advising employers on day to day people issues including grievances, disciplinaries, whistleblowing and managing performance issues.
- Advised a major London museum in managing complex union relations, including assisting with the de-recognition of two unions during sensitive annual pay negotiations.
- Advised a fast-growing fashion brand on a range of employment matters, including advising on the engagement and contractual arrangements of high-earning social media influencers and reviewing cross-border staffing and consultancy agreements.
- Advising a client through a voluntary and then statutory recognition process, through to the ballot of employees on whether to recognise the relevant union for collective bargaining purposes.