Overview
Employment Counseling
- Fair recruitment procedures
- Employment status
- Contracts of employment and service agreements
- Employment policies and procedures, including grievance and disciplinary procedures
- Post-termination non-compete restrictions
- Discrimination and harassment
- Effective management of staff, including dealing with poor performance and long-term absence
- Senior executive terminations
- Severance agreements
- Redundancies and business reorganizations
- Compliance with data protection obligations, including those arising from the EU's General Data Protection Regulation
Additionally, Emma advises high net worth individuals on employment issues, including the negotiation of employment terms, remuneration packages and severance terms
Litigation
Emma defends employers in all aspects of U.K. employment litigation, including against claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing. She also represents employers in non-compete and restraint of trade cases.
Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions
Emma counsels national and international organizations on employment implications of mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. and internationally, including on the implications of the U.K.’s Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations and the EU’s Acquired Rights Directive.
International Experience
- Foreign assignments and secondments
- Foreign hires
- Labor and employment laws applicable to U.K. operations of global organizations
- Management of local counsel on international projects
Past experience
Services & Industries
Credentials
Languages
Spanish
French
Education
College of Law, London
LPC with distinction (2004)
University College London
LL.B. with honors (2000)
University of Paris II, Sorbonne
Diploma in French Law (1999)
Experience
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September 2018 1 min readBoston Scientific Corporation Acquires Augmenix Inc. in up to $600M DealCorporate Mergers & Acquisitions
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September 2018 1 min readU.K. Waste Management Subsidiary Completes Collective Redundancy ProcessLabor Management Relations Labor & Employment HR Compliance, Training & Transactions
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October 2017 1 min readH.B. Fuller Acquires Royal Adhesives & SealantsCorporate Mergers & Acquisitions
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January 2017 1 min readFreightex Acquired by UPSCorporate International Transactions Mergers & Acquisitions
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February 2015 1 min readGerman Supermarket Chain Expands to U.S.Food & Agribusiness Labor & Employment Corporate International Transactions
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1 min readFranklin Electric Defends Claim in French CourtInternational Transactions Litigation & Dispute Resolution Environment & Energy
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- U.S. -v- England: Key Differences in Employment Law
XpertHR Webinar, June 2015
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- LawWorks for Community Groups
Professional Associations
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Employment Lawyers Association
Honors
- Faegre Baker Daniels – Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2016