gunnercooke LLP

Employment Law

Partner

Rebecca is an experienced employment lawyer who provides her clients with practical and commercial employment advice, enabling them to deal with their employment issues effectively and with minimum disruption to their business.  She is an approachable trusted advisor who works closely with her clients to achieve the best result.

She advises HR, management and in-house legal teams and guides them through a wide range of employment situations from recruitment to grievances, team moves, enforcing restrictive covenants, and handling dismissals.

Rebecca has particular experience of advising on tricky employment issues at executive and Board level, and in handling Tribunal litigation, having both brought and defended numerous claims in the Tribunals for unfair dismissal, whistleblowing and discrimination.

She also advises senior executives when they join or leave their employment or face issues during their employment, advising regularly on contracts, grievances and negotiating Settlement Agreements.

Rebecca advises a wide range of clients across a number of sectors including Financial Services, Professional Practices (including law firms), Publishing, Oil & Gas, Food Products, Financial Technology and IT, across the UK and internationally but with a particular focus on the City