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Rowan Alexander
Senior Associate

Rowan Alexander

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Rowan is a Senior Associate in the CMS UK employment team. Having specialised in employment law for over a decade, Rowan advises on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.

Regularly appearing in Employment Tribunals throughout the UK, Rowan is an experienced employment litigator. Rowan has successfully defended high-profile employer clients in often complex claims, involving the likes of discrimination and whistleblowing. In addition, Rowan has experience under his belt appearing in the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Rowan is also a trusted adviser in relation to day-to-day people issues, providing clear, commercial advice on tricky issues. 

Rowan specialises in business immigration and mobility as part of his practice, regularly guiding employer clients through complex sponsorship and visa matters.

While Rowan advises businesses across multiple sectors, he has particular experience in relation to Financial Services and Energy.

Relevant experience

  • A household name commercial bank in the Employment Tribunal, regularly achieving great results.
  • A multi-national energy company through a large-scale collective redundancy exercise.
  • A FTSE 100 company through a sponsor licence application process and expeditiously securing visas for several senior executives following a major, high-profile acquisition.
  • A market leading financial services client in their Employment Tribunal claims, including successfully defending complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims.
  • A technology company in relation to the exit of several senior executives.
  • An Employment Tribunal innovation project, seeking to inject legal tech and AI into the Employment Tribunal process. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Employment Lawyers Association.

Education

  • 2012 – Diploma in Professional Legal Practice, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
  • 2011 – LLB (Hons), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen.
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