Ann is a senior employment lawyer with significant experience advising both employers and employees. Her expertise is extensive, covering every angle of employment law for clients in a range of different industries to include banking and insurance, technology, retail, professional services and media.
Ann is known for her commerciality and ability to provide clear, concise, solution based advice tailored to each client's specific needs. She is a skilled negotiator and litigator with extensive experience representing clients in the high court, county court, employment tribunal and appeal court proceedings, having started her career as a commercial litigator.
Ann prides herself on providing a high level of support to all of her clients, appreciating that for individuals, employment matters can be enormously stressful. She takes time to build really strong relationships with her corporate clients so that she understands their business needs to ensure that her advice adds real value to the business.
She has extensive experience of a wide variety of claims to include discrimination (particularly disability, sex and age related claims), whistleblowing, unfair dismissal, jurisdictional issues and claims involving collective consultation. She also regularly advises on all contractual issues, with a particular focus on navigating post termination matters for both employer and employees, to include injunctive relief.
Clients describe her as super responsive, commercially savvy and a pleasure to work with.
In 2017 Ann set up Exemplar Law Limited to support corporate and high net worth individuals on various employment issues. She has also worked at global firm Mayer Brown International LLP, and Kendall Freeman (previously DJ Freeman).