Employment, reward and immigration.

Joint managing partner in employment, reward and immigration department. Particular focus on media and financial services sectors. Specialisms in high-value litigation, including senior executive terminations, High Court claims (such as restrictive covenant disputes, bonus claims, claims for breach of confidentiality and fiduciary duties, and team moves), whistle blowing, and restructuring. CEDR-accredited mediator.

Trained Pinsents; qualified 2001; associate Lewis Silkin LLP 2001-09; partner Lewis Silkin 2009 to date.

Employment Lawyers Association; CEDR; Ius Laboris.

Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield; Keble College Oxford (1995 BA (Hons) English language and literature); Trinity College Dublin (1996 MPhil Anglo-Irish Literature); Nottingham Law School (1998-99 CPE and PGDL).

Travel, food and drink, supporting Aston Villa and spending time with family.