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Andrew Taggart

Andrew Taggart

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.

Mentions

Employment • London

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