Emma Swan
Position: Partner, Employment
Office: Central Lancashire
Phone: 0333 207 1154
Emma is a Partner within the Employment Law Department and has built up a range of experience since qualifying in 2003, working with both private and public sector clients of a variety of sizes in contentious and non-contentious matters. Emma takes a dynamic and pragmatic approach to find workable commercial solutions for clients. She is valued by clients as not only an employment lawyer but a business adviser who is accessible and attentive too.
- Areas which Emma is particularly interested and experienced in are: -
- Engaging with clients at a strategic level to advise on employment aspects of restructures, transfers, mergers and acquisitions.
- Advising on TUPE, with particular interest in service provision changes.
- Conducting advocacy in Employment Tribunal cases - clients benefit from the 'cradle to grave' approach of support from a trusted advisor.
- Daily HR issues, particularly involving discrimination issues.
- Providing practical and strategic training to owner/managers, directors and HR teams as well as line managers.
Emma has extensive experience of employment tribunal litigation, appearing in Tribunals all over England, Wales and Scotland.
13 Nov 2018
Employment & HR
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