Lawyers

Kathleen Heycock

Kathleen Heycock

Farrer & Co, London

Work Department

Employment

Position

Kathleen is a Partner in the Employment Team who is recognised for her pragmatic and commercial advice.  Her national and international practice focusses on resolving high level complex employment law issues for senior executives, individual partners, employers and partnerships. She is experienced in advising and negotiating on contractual issues, employee relations, employee regulatory issues, mediation and litigation.   

Kathleen has particular experience in advising senior partners and partnerships and is a member of the firm’s Professional Practices Group. She has hands on experience of working in a large international professional services firm during a year-long secondment. She advises senior executives across the City negotiating their entrance and exit, including issues relating to post-termination restrictions. She regularly advises partnerships and employers across sectors on issues such as discrimination, mediation, employee relations, contracts, TUPE transfers and large scale redundancies. Kathleen also focuses on the education sector and is a member of the firm’s Higher Education Group and Child Protection Unit. She is a regular speaker at external national and international conferences and is a member of the Union Internationale des Avocats.

Career

Kathleen joined the firm as a trainee in 2003 and qualified into the employment team in 2005. She was made an Associate in 2008, a Senior Associate in 2011 and Partner in 2016.

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association, Association of Partnership Practitioners and the Union Internationale des Avocats.

Education

Bristol University; College of Law, York.

Mentions

Public sector • London

Education: institutions

Leading partner
Employment • London

Employers

Corporate and commercial • London

Partnership

Next generation partner
Employment • London

Senior executives