Emily frequently advises clients on complex employment matters, including the appointment and exit of senior individuals.

Emily provides HR teams with day-to-day support, including on employee relations matters (such as grievance and disciplinary procedures), advising on employment status concerns, reviewing the enforceability of restrictive covenants, drafting key employment documentation such as employment contracts, service agreements handbooks, settlement agreements, consultancy agreements etc.

Emily has successfully supported clients through large-scale redundancy and TUPE processes. She has both supported and led on numerous employment tribunal litigation matters. Emily also has immigration expertise, supporting employers in the movement of their workforce around the world.

Emily often works with the Corporate and Commercial teams, in particular providing employment input on M&A deals and outsourcing agreements.

Some of Emily’s work highlights include:

• Co-ordinating an international project for a multinational media company, which involved obtaining employment law advice in over 50 jurisdictions.
• Advising on the employment aspects of WPP’s acquisition of Satalia, the global leader in enterprise AI.
• Supporting on a cross-jurisdictional collective redundancy process for a retail business involving around 15 different sites.
• Advising on the employment aspects of Dutch private equity group Waterland’s acquisition and re-organisation of the Priory Group, which involved over 21,000 employees.
• Supporting a client in the tech sector to carry out a TUPE transfer of around 150 employees and a collective redundancy process, which resulted in around 50 dismissals.

Emily has undertaken three client secondments, the most recent involving supporting an international technology business in carrying out a TUPE transfer and collective redundancy process.

Emily has an interest in the employment law implications of artificial intelligence and often writes and speaks on this topic.

Emily is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and Industrial Law Society.