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Emily Matthews
Senior Associate

Emily Flynn

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  • English

Emily is a Senior Associate based in the London office. She advises employers on employment issues throughout the employment lifecycle.  

She is experienced in contentious matters and advises on complex Employment Tribunal litigation matters, including discrimination and whistleblowing, and cases with a multi-jurisdictional element. She also provides strategic advice employee relations issues, dispute resolution, and investigations. 
Emily advises clients on non-contentious issues, including senior executive recruitment, day-to-day workplace issues, TUPE, people aspects of transactions and business reorganisations. 

She advises clients across a broad range of sectors, with a particular focus on financial services, real estate and technology. 

Emily has carried out two secondments, which include supporting the employee relations team of a multinational infrastructure consulting firm, and more recently, she has spent time on secondment in the employment legal team at a global technology company. Her experiences on secondment have enabled her to deepen her understanding of these sectors, and the importance of commercial, pragmatic advice.

Relevant experience

  • A global technology company in defending an unfair dismissal claim in the Employment Tribunal with a multi-jurisdictional element and High Court proceedings in relation to a debt claim.
  • A multinational in the construction and engineering sector, managing  their employment litigation including complex discrimination cases, along with providing day to day employment advice on various employment issues including TUPE.
  • A leading property investment company with the people aspects of an acquisition of a media technology business including advising on the TUPE transfer.
  • A private equity business in drafting employment and partnership contractual documentation and advising on partner exits.
  • Negotiating exits of senior individuals, including considerations of complex remuneration arrangements and regulatory aspects.
  • Organisations in the technology and fintech sectors on whistleblowing procedures. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Employment Law Association.

Education

  • 2015 – Legal Practice Course, University of Law.
  • 2012 – MA in English Literature and History of Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
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