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Verity Buckingham

Verity is a senior member of the People, Reward and Mobility team and is experienced in all aspects of employment law and corporate immigration matters. She deals mostly with corporate clients advising on contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Verity's contentious practice includes defending claims in the Employment Tribunal and experience of Employment Appeal Tribunal litigation. She defends claims in relation to unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, discrimination, equal pay and whistleblowing. She also advises individuals at a senior level on negotiating exits. Verity's non-contentious work includes reviewing and drafting all forms of employment documentation, including employment contracts, executive service agreements and employee handbooks consisting of extensive policies and procedures. She also advises on employment matters, on share and business acquisitions, and disposals. Verity's immigration work extends to all aspects of global employee mobility for corporate clients. She advises on applications to join the Register of Sponsors, Leave to Remain and Leave to Enter and Entry Clearance applications, various settlement applications, British citizenship applications, and appeals to the First Tier Tribunal. Verity contributes employment and immigration insights to the People, Reward and Mobility blog found at ukemploymenthub.com.

Sarah Beeby

Sarah is a partner and head of the Firm's tier one ranked People, Reward and Mobility practice in Milton Keynes. A very experienced employment lawyer, she undertakes a full range of employment work for a wide variety of clients in the private and public sectors, including many leading companies and household names. Sarah's work includes advising on large-scale redundancy and restructuring exercises, TUPE transfers and complex outsourcing arrangements, as well as advising on the employment aspects of large corporate transactions, having worked on numerous multi-million pound transactions for an impressive portfolio of clients. She has particular experience of large-scale employee consultation processes, having advised extensively on collective consultation with unions and employee representatives on changes to terms and conditions, including pensions changes, and the application of collective agreements to terms and conditions. Sarah also advises on trade union recognition, negotiations and industrial relations issues. She acts as a “sounding board” on employment issues and strategy for HR teams, in-house counsel and boards, advising on executive terminations and employee competition issues.  An accomplished advocate, Sarah has conducted numerous employment tribunal claims and employment appeals on the full range of employment issues. She regularly advises multi-national companies and manages global and European HR projects. Legal 500 stated: "The ‘outstanding’ Sarah Beeby leads Dentons’ practice, which is noted for its ‘excellent level of service’ and for its ability to advise a global client base on multi-jurisdictional matters." Sarah Beeby "'understands the pressures placed upon employers’ and ‘has an excellent grasp of the law and its application’." Chambers UK stated: "Sarah Beeby receives praise from clients, one of whom comments: 'I thoroughly enjoy working with Sarah, she is truly an extension of my team. She is patient and considered and always gives practical advice that works well in the context of our business.' She is recognised for her 'in-depth knowledge' and 'can-do attitude'."

Michelle Lamb

Michelle is a partner in Dentons' tier one ranked People, Reward and Mobility practice in Milton Keynes, and is an experienced employment law specialist. She provides strategic and risk management advice to a wide variety of public and private sector clients, including a number of large household names. Michelle does a lot of work in the retail, manufacturing, energy and transport sectors, advising venture capital clients on the employment aspects of growth and development projects. She regularly supports Dentons' international client base with a variety of cross-jurisdictional projects. Michelle advises on contentious and non-contentious matters. She has a straightforward and commercial approach, and is highly experienced in the employment aspects of all forms of transactional work, change programs and litigation. Michelle is an expert in large domestic and international TUPE outsourcing exercises and retendering processes. She also focuses on whistleblowing, and complex and high-value litigation, including discrimination and TUPE complaints. Michelle guides employers through a variety of sensitive day-to-day issues with a focus on reputational aspects. She also supports businesses in overseeing significant investigations.