Helen Stonier

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Helen has been an Associate in the London Employment team since September 2020, having trained at the firm.

Helen advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. This includes advising employers on the handling of Employment Tribunal and High Court disputes, and a range of workplace issues including discrimination, terminations, disciplinary and grievance processes, contracts and policies, and data protection. 

As part of her training, Helen spent six months on secondment with the firm’s Employment team in Dubai, gaining exposure to employment law issues across the MEA region.

After qualifying, she spent six months on secondment at a multinational information and analytics company, working closely with in-house Employment Counsel and HR teams across five business units.

Experience

• Advising on Employment Tribunal litigation including unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.
• Assisting in a High Court commercial employment matter, which involved applications for injunctive relief.  
• Advising on the handling of grievance and disciplinary processes.
• Advising on reorganisations and redundancies.
• Negotiating settlement agreements and COT3s.
• Advising on corporate deals and TUPE transfers.
• Preparing and advising on employment contracts and HR policy documentation.
• Advising on responses to data subject access requests, including advising on the procedure and coordinating the review.
• Advising on workplace issues arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic.