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An employment lawyer with human resources experience, having a real focus on achieving the needs of the business. Acting for clients from various sectors and sizes, including blue-chips and global businesses, on significant contentious work in Employment Tribunals and non-contentious matters, specifically M&A and TUPE and redundancy consultation. Also advising human resources departments internally within the firm, including project managing and delivering restructure exercises and change management programmes. Very commercial and practical in approach, with considerable experience and technical expertise in all areas of employment law and the ability to deliver people solutions, effectively and expediently. Having a wide and varied mix of resolving complex employee relations issues, ranging from: drafting contracts, policies and procedures, to provision of support and guidance on difficult disciplinaries and grievances, managing and implementing restructure programmes and business sales & transfers, TUPE advice, due diligence on deals, negotiating severances at all levels, advising on and enforcing post-termination restrictions, undertaking advocacy in numerous Employment Tribunal cases covering all areas of discrimination, unfair and wrongful dismissal, breach of contract and TUPE-related claims. Regular speaker at seminars on a variety of employment law and HR topics. Carrying out training and coaching for clients in all areas of employment law, externally and internally.Significant management experience, running teams and sitting on management boards and senior leadership teams.