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Laura is an Associate in the CMS UK Employment team and advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Laura works across various industry sectors but has a particular interest in Financial Services, Technology/Media and Energy, as well as matters with a multi-jursidictional element. During her time at CMS, Laura has spent time on secondment to a global technology company where she gained invaluable insights into the operation of an in-house legal team and what they need from their external advisers.
Laura appears regularly in Employment Tribunals across the UK, successfully defending high-profile clients in multi-faceted, high value and complex claims, particularly in relation to discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.
Laura is also experienced in advising on day-to-day employment matters, particularly tricky grievance/disciplinary/capability issues, employee exits, TUPE related matters, redundancy exercises and general HR related queries. Laura has a keen interest in data protection, regularly advising on and coordinating large scale data subject access requests.
Aside from her expertise in employment law, Laura also specialises in business immigration, advising clients on sponsorship/visa related matters, as well as complex enforcement issues.
Laura also provides support to the CMS Corporate team on corporate transactions, both from an employment law and business immigration perspective.
Laura has a keen interest in diversity, equity and inclusion, advising employers regularly on the subject and providing pro-bono employment law advice. Laura is a member of the CMS Glasgow Women’s Network and is involved in the CMS Law Scholarship Programme.
