Ann Bevitt > Cooley (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Cooley (UK) LLP
22 Bishopsgate
LONDON
EC2N 4BQ
England

Living Wage

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Work Department

Employment

Cyber/Data/Privacy
Commercial Litigation
Fintech

Position

Ann Bevitt is a partner in Cooley’s London office, where her employment practice covers all aspects, both contentious and non-contentious, of employment law and employment-related matters. On the non-contentious side, she focuses on the employment issues arising out of international reorganisations, outsourcings, insolvencies and mergers and acquisitions. Her contentious work includes the enforcement of restrictive covenants and claims arising on termination of employment. In her privacy practice, Ann assists clients with compliance and risk management, advising on data transfers, privacy policies, monitoring employees and undertaking internal investigations (domestic and cross-border).

In her privacy and data security practice, Ann assists clients with privacy and data security compliance and risk management and advises on issues such as effecting data transfers, drafting privacy policies, electronic marketing, monitoring employees, dealing with e-discovery, undertaking internal investigations (domestic and cross-border), responding to subject access requests and notifying breaches.

Ann works with clients including governments, multinationals, large corporations and individual senior executives, from industry sectors such as technology, venture capital and private equity, insurance, hotel and leisure, music, banking and financial services, recruitment and employment, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.

Career

Ann has rights of audience in all civil courts and significant experience as an advocate. She was called to the bar in 1992 and practiced as a barrister specialising in employment law for seven years before qualifying as a solicitor in 2000.

Memberships

  • Employment Lawyers Association
  • European Employment Lawyers Association
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals

Education

  • Inns of Court School of Law
    BVC, 1992
  • College of Law
    CPE, 1991
  • University of Oxford
    MA, 1990

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Employers

Cooley (UK) LLP fields an experienced team, which handles the full range of employment matters. It is skilled at advising clients from various sectors, such as media and communications, as well as retail and health. A significant proportion of its work has a cross-border dimension. Ann Bevitt covers both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, in addition to playing a pivotal role in the firm’s privacy practice. Chris Stack is highly regarded, and has a varied employment practice.