Employment • London
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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Andrew Taggart
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London
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Work Department
Employment, Pensions and Incentives
Position
Partner
Andrew heads our EMEA employment team
Career
Andrew qualified as a solicitor in 1995. He joined Herbert Smith Freehills in 2004 and became a partner in 2006.
Andrew is an employment lawyer and head of the Herbert Smith Freehills London Employment team. He has more than 25 years of experience advising employers in various business sectors on complex and important employment issues. Andrew has represented clients in contentious matters in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as in the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal and in overseas proceedings.
Andrew advises employers on industrial disputes and negotiations with trade unions and other employee representative bodies. He has extensive experience of corporate transactions, including those with an insolvency angle. He is regularly involved in board-level reorganisations, corporate governance matters and internal investigations, in particular in financial services and other regulated sectors.
Languages
English
Memberships
Andrew is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association
Education
Andrew studied at the University of Durham, first achieving a Bachelor’s Degree in Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, then qualifying as a solicitor in 1995. He joined Herbert Smith Freehills in 2004 and became a partner in 2006.