RWK Goodman

Employment & Immigration

Caroline is a Partner in RWK Goodman's Employment & Immigration team who works closely with international and UK based businesses, company directors, senior executives, employees and founders.

Caroline is a leading employment law expert for employers and multi-national businesses and she is a recommended lawyer in legal directories as a leader for employment law for senior executives, senior employees, directors and founders.

An experienced and commercially aware lawyer, she comes recommended by the Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK, the top ranked guide to the best UK law firms and best UK lawyers, and is described as “completely unflappable… and genuinely cares about her clients” (Legal 500, 2016), “excellent” (Legal 500, 2015) and “thinks strategically and produces good creative solutions”’ (Legal 500, 2023)

Caroline is a key member of the Settlement Agreement team in London , advising on “without prejudice” discussions, termination negotiations and negotiating financial exit packages and Caroline leads the Senior Executive and Company Directors team.

Caroline’s expertise and advice for senior executives and employees, City professionals, directors and founders includes:

• Contract reviews; including bonus or restrictive covenant reviews
• Pay and bonus disputes
• Team moves, restrictive covenants and allegations of confidential information theft or misuse
• Unfair dismissal and redundancy
• TUPE and mergers
• Whistleblowing
• Sex, race, age, gender reassignment and maternity discrimination and sexual harassment
• Equal pay claims
• Without prejudice discussions, settlement agreements, “Protected Conversations” and exit negotiations and packagesCaroline assists UK and international businesses on all HR and employment matters. She often receives referrals from UK and international law firms and professional advisors as she is trusted to deliver excellent service and strategic employment legal advice.

Caroline advises on all aspects of UK employment law, including:

• contracts reviews and drafting employee handbooks
• HR and employment training
• whistleblowing, misconduct and grievances investigations
• dismissing employees
• poor performance issues
• misconduct allegations (including sexual harassment and fraud)
• boardroom, bonus, contractual and shareholding disputes
• restrictive covenants, confidential information theft and team moves
• disciplinary and regulatory investigations in the UK and USA
• wrongful and unfair dismissal claims
• sex, race, age, gender reassignment and maternity discrimination and equal pay claims
• without prejudice discussions, settlement agreements and exit negotiations and packages
• redundancies and business restructures
• cross border litigation and employment disputes
• conducting and advising on complex whistleblowing investigations for FTSE 100 and high profile entities
• helping businesses dismiss CEOs, Executive Chairmen and other board members with complex high value remuneration packages
• TUPE, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions

English

University of Durham (BA Hons, law); Law College York.

Certified PADI scuba rescue diver; skiing; shooting and art.