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Whiteley, Nicola
Nicola Whiteley
Nicola is head of the London Employment Team and has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, with a particular focus on complex and/or cross border issues for multinational clients and on the Technology and Finance sectors.
Leading a "straightforward and solutions-focused" team in London, Nicola is listed and noted for her "business-oriented approach" in Who's Who Legal and recognised by Legal 500 as a "very responsive, thoughtful, and pragmatic consummate professional", with clients praising her "excellent judgment and knowledge."
She is a member of the International Committee of the Employment Lawyer's Association.
Nicola specialises in all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious, including "surgery-style" counselling, tribunal, employment appeal tribunal and High Court cases and the employment aspects of corporate, outsourcing, restructuring and real estate transactions, including:
Drafting and advising on employment, secondment, settlement and consultancy documentation, policies and procedures, and staff handbooks.
Drafting, advising on, and enforcing confidentiality obligations and other restrictive covenants, including cross-border jurisdiction issues.
Advising on the prevention of and defending wrongful and unfair dismissal and breach of contract claims, bonus, bonus disputes and share options.
Advising on the application and implications of TUPE (The Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 in relation to the acquisition or disposal of a business, part of a business, transfer of a lease, contract tenders and outsourcing exercises, including harmonisation of terms and conditions, relocation, redundancies and unfair dismissal claims arising from the TUPE transfer.
Advising on and executing executive and general recruitment, remuneration and termination.
Advising on whistle-blowing procedures and defending claims.
Advising on the prevention of and defending claims under discrimination and equal pay legislation and advising on maternity and other parental and family friendly rights.
Advising on European and National works councils and other consultation issues.
Advising on, coordinating and defending claims arising from local and transnational restructuring exercises and redundancies (collective and individual), plant closures and relocations.
Advising on data privacy and protection requirements and issues.
Advising on trade secrets and restrictive covenant protection and team moves.
Advising on disciplinary and grievance procedures and performance or absence management.
交易经验
Some of Nicola's most notable recent engagements including the following:
Advised a European bank in relation to employee aspects of an asset management merger including implementing a complete harmonisation of terms and conditions by way of dismissal and re-engagement.
Advised a leading financial institution in relation to employee matters on two parent and local level mergers with other leaders in the field, including implementing a complete harmonisation of terms and conditions by way of dismissal and re-engagement of all the employees and ongoing advice on issues relating to a proposed takeover, a related management buy-out of part of the business and a number of high value bonus and deferred compensation cases.
Advised a leading global recycling and manufacturing company on a collective consultation exercise involving a large-scale redundancy, closure and voluntary benefits reduction exercise in two of its UK sites.
Advised a leading Scandinavian bank on a recent merger, relocation, harmonisation of terms and restructuring exercise.
Advised a multi-national energy company on a collective redundancy and reduction of benefits exercise for its entire UK workforce.
Advised and represented a leading European bank, in relation to the defence and favourable settlement of an unfair dismissal, age and sex discrimination claim.
Advised and represented a leading financial institution in relation to grievance and disciplinary proceedings involving whistleblowing, personal injury and discrimination allegations and successfully avoiding any resulting claim.
Advised leading American investment bank in relation to a stress claim brought by an employee.
Defended an international software company against a multi-strand discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing claim by a vexatious litigant.
Defending a high profile fund management firm against a sex and race discrimination, sexual harassment, victimisation and bonus claim by an existing employee, achieving a swift and very favourable settlement.
Advised and represented a leading European bank, in relation to the defence and favourable tribunal outcome of an unfair dismissal and race, age and sex discrimination claim.
Represented a leading global financial services institution in a concurrent UK High Court and US District Court action (including anti-suit injunction) arising from breach of restrictive covenants and consequent forfeiture of restricted stock by a senior international executive.
Represented a multinational energy company, in relation to a High Court breach of contract action from a former expatriate employee, involving jurisdictional issues.
Advised both Stripe and Goodwater Capital on a $93 million Series D financing round in Monzo.
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执业资格
College of Law of England and Wales, Chester, Legal Practice Course, 1994
University of Wales, LL.B., 1993
Ranked Practitioner: Employment: Employer, Chambers UK 2019 - 2022
Recommended Individual: Employment: Employers, Legal 500 UK 2017 - 2022
Recognised: Leading labour and employment lawyer, Who's Who Legal: Labour & Employment 2018
Shortlisted: Human Resources Firm of the Year, Legal 500 UK Awards 2018
Recommended Individual: Employment: employers and senior executives, Legal 500 UK 2015 and 2016
Law Society of England and Wales
Employment Lawyer's Association
International Bar Association
演讲及活动
Nicola regularly speaks at conferences and presents seminars and tailored client training sessions on a range of employment-related topics, including TUPE, outsourcing, contractual issues, unfair dismissal, working time, team moves and enforcement of restrictive covenants and trade secrets, international assignments and cross-border recruitment and termination, financial services remuneration practices, employment status, redundancy and restructuring, collective changes to terms and conditions, practice and procedure, works councils and other consultation issues, discrimination, equal/gender pay and data protection.
Co-author, "SPECIAL COVID-19 EDITION: ABA International Labor and Employment Law Committee Newsletter", 27 March 2020
Recognised by Who's Who Legal: Labour & Employment 2019 as a world leading Labour & Employment lawyer Text
"The Good Work Plan" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, January 2019
ABA International Labor & Employment Law Committee Newsletter May 2018
"The Dust Has Settled on the Gender Pay Gap Disclosures and What Have We Learnt?" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, April 2018
"Gender Pay Day – 4 April 2018 " Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, April 2018
"Court Orders Employee To Hand Over Personal Computer" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, November 2017
"Hold the Phone! The Final Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations Are Here?" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, December, 2016
"Brexit: Where do we go from here?" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, June 2016
"Mind the Gap" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, February 2016
"Employment Law News for 2016" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, January 2016
"On my whistle: are you ready to meet the FCA/PRA's new whistleblowing requirements?" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, December 2015
"International data transfer news... a bit like buses" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, November 2015
"Where to draw the line: HR's role in disciplinary decisions" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation Blog, October 2015
"Boarding passes ready - when employees may unexpectedly move around within a corporate group" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation, October 2015
"Fit for purpose?" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation, September 2015
"Clarity on Holiday Accrual During Sick Leave" Orrick's Employment Law & Litigation, September 2015
Co-author, "Establishing a business in the UK (England and Wales)," Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide 2014/15, 29 January 2015