Amanda is a multilingual employment lawyer and HR Director with experience across all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law. She has multi-sector international HR experience in businesses of all sizes from large corporates and PE-backed companies to start-ups, SMEs and charities. Amanda also has a keen understanding of international employment laws and HR practice, and speaks Dutch, German and French to a high standard.

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Amanda takes a proactive and commercial approach to her work, with an emphasis on providing practical and pragmatic advice.  Her hands-on in house HR experience, combined with her employment law expertise, makes her the go-to expert for clients.  

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As a leading specialist in her field, Amanda is a frequent commentator in the media on topical employment law issues, appearing on national and international news programmes and writing for publications including The Times.

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Amanda’s expertise includes:

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• Devising and delivering HR and business transformation strategies including restructuring, harmonisation and integration, TUPE, out/insourcing, redundancies, technology-driven HR transformation, cultural change and employee engagement
• Advising on trade union matters such as recognition, derecognition, collective bargaining, consultation, works councils and other forms of employee representation, strategies for managing strike and associated action
• Supporting employers with exit strategies and negotiating settlement agreements
• Negotiating compensation packages on behalf of senior executives covering claims such as unfair dismissal, sex, race and age discrimination, breach of contract and whistleblowing
• Advising both employers and employees on employee relations matters including discipline, grievance, maternity and other family leave, pay, benefits and working conditions
• In house training to managers and executives, from employment law updates to comprehensive training programmes

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