Rebecca is a Senior Associate in our Employment and Immigration team.
Rebecca works with businesses of all sizes and particularly enjoys working with exciting start-ups. She has done a lot of work with our InsurTech and FinTech clients, combining her employment expertise with her knowledge of the requirements of our regulated clients.
Along with general HR advisory-type work, she has a case load of over 30 live employment tribunal claims, some of which are high-profile with significant media attention. She also has extensive experience in advising on and negotiating exits via settlement agreements, including for numerous directors/shareholders on sensitive and high-value exits.
Rebecca has particular expertise in employment/worker status issues, having advised and provided training to numerous public and private sector organisations, and individuals, on their obligations under the off-payroll working rules (IR35). She has run numerous group actions for individuals with deemed employment/worker status, seeking to recover holiday pay.
Expertise
- Employment law and processes
- Employment Tribunal litigation
- Senior Executive dismissals and exit negotiations
- Reviewing/drafting contractual documentation
- Restrictive covenants
- TUPE
- Redundancy issues and collective consultation
- IR35 and off-payroll working
Recent work
BMA
Leading on a complex whistleblowing case for a doctor (via our BMA Members Services contract) which attracted significant national press coverage.
Cardiff City Football Club Women’s Team
Preparing contractual documentation for Cardiff City Football Club’s Women’s team, facilitating them becoming the first fully semi-professional squad in Wales.
Welsh-based manufacturing site
Advising on employment implications of a retail business closing its Welsh-based manufacturing site following buy out by PLC, assisting with collective redundancy process and overall communications strategy.
Settlement agreements
Advising on and negotiating exits via settlement agreements (and COT 3 agreements), including advising numerous directors/shareholders on complex, sensitive and high-value exits (exceeding £4m).
ET1 and ET3 Responses
Preparing ET1 and ET3 Responses, disclosure exercises/bundle preparation for various clients facing employment tribunal claims, representing clients at preliminary hearings.
Litigation risk/strategy
Advising on litigation risk/strategy, liaising with and supporting instructed counsel, providing guidance to businesses and individuals on tribunal process.
Corporate acquisitions
Providing support on complex corporate acquisitions and sales by assisting with ancillary document preparation, contract drafting/reviews, the application of TUPE and settlement arrangements for departing sellers.
Training
Delivering training sessions on HR/employment law matters including the Equality Act 2010, off-payroll working rules and case law updates for a variety of audiences (including in-house to colleagues round table/industry specific events and both public and private sector clients). Rebecca is also part of the team delivering the Certificate in Employment Law.
International work
Advising/working with various multinational and foreign owned clients, working closely with lawyers from other jurisdictions.
Languages
- Welsh
- French
