Home office: Manchester
Louise supports employers, HR professionals and senior executives in all aspects of employment law.
Louise acts for employers and senior executives with a particular specialism in the banking and financial services, technology and media sectors.
Louise has particular expertise in dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims and is also experienced in breach of contract disputes involving bonus/commission arrangements, confidentiality and post-termination restrictions. Louise frequently advises on negotiated exits/severance packages (often high value and with a corporate aspect such as statutory appointments and shareholdings), the management of senior executive/board departures and team moves.
Louise also provides both clients and HR professionals with day to day strategic advice and support in relation to all employment queries from contract negotiations and recruitment through to the implementation of workplace policies, complex grievances procedures and performance management and/or disciplinary issues. She drafts and advises in relation to bespoke employment documentation to include director service agreements and consultancy arrangements and is skilled in advising in relation to restructuring, redundancy consultation and TUPE.
How Louise can help you
Louise provides clients with pragmatic, straight forward and commercial advice in relation to all employment queries. She works with her clients to deliver a personalised solution, and where there is a dispute always with a focus on settlement and trying to resolve matters through alternative dispute resolution or, where necessary, via litigation.
What clients say about Louise
Louise is a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer for Employment.
Client testimonials describe her as “the epitome of professionalism”, “thorough”, “extremely talented”, “very impressive” and “academic, well versed in law with first class industry knowledge”.
She is further commended by her clients for providing “a first class service”, having a “no-nonsense, straightforward approach”, for always going the “extra mile” and being “a safe pair of hands” in times of crisis.