Partner

Melanie Lane is a partner in the Employment Team at CMS London.  She has over 25 years' experience of supporting employer clients with the full range of employment law issues, from day-to-day employment documentation and workplace matters to complex employment litigation, investigations, business reorganisations and outsourcings. Her clients include numerous household names across a variety of industries, with a particular focus on the consumer products/retail, leisure, life sciences, media and technology sectors.

Melanie has advised on some of the leading whistleblowing claims in the UK, including in Employment Appeal Tribunal in the first case to consider alleged protected disclosures based on damage to the environment, and in the Court of Appeal. In recent years she has advised a number of high-profile clients on large-scale business reorganisations, including their information and consultation obligations with both unionised and non-unionised workforces, and on sensitive internal investigations, for example into allegations against C-suite executives and about equal pay. She is an expert on the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (“TUPE”) and has provided the employment support on many of the firm's award-winning outsourcing transactions.

Melanie prides herself on understanding her clients' businesses and providing practical and commercial advice focused on and tailored to their specific needs.  She is a regular speaker and writer on a variety of employment law topics including whistleblowing.

Employment Lawyers Association. European Employment Lawyers Association. Association of Partnership Practitioners. International Bar Association. American Bar Association.

1999 – Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales. 1997 – LPC, College of Law, Guildford. 1996 – GDL, College of Law, Guildford. 1995 – BA (Politics and Modern History), Manchester University, Manchester.