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Gillian is a partner in the CMS UK employment team working with clients in various sectors across the UK, advising on both contentious employment matters and transactional work. Gillian works regularly with clients in the financial services, energy & life sciences sectors where her industry experience ensures her advice is well rounded and fit for purpose. Gillian frequently advises clients with a global footprint meaning she has strong experience of the challenges for international employers, both from a compliance and a culture perspective. An area of keen interest for Gillian is supporting on ED&I and in this space, by way of example, she has worked with employers on global diversity reviews, advised on the roll out of D&I reporting projects and supported employers on complex internal harassment complaints as well as defending discrimination claims before the Employment Tribunal.
Gillian is a regular speaker at conferences and an author for LexisNexis and XpertHR
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Gillian is a partner in the CMS UK employment team and advises on all employment law and people related matters. Much of Gillian’s practice is in financial services where she has advised banks and insurance companies throughout her 20 years as an employment lawyer, being based in each of our Edinburgh, Glasgow and London offices at different stages in her career. She is regularly involved in advising on regulatory matters such as implementation of the SMCR, application/interpretations of COCON, sensitive whistleblowing cases and advising on exits of senior regulated employees. Gillian is also active in the diversity and inclusion space which is now a red flag risk issue for all FS firms as well as a priority of the Regulators.
