4 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE, LONDON, SE1 2AU, ENGLAND
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- Work 020 7379 0000
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Helga Breen
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Work Department
Employment.
Position
Partner in the employment and pensions group, specialising in all aspects of employment law, principally advising employers in the private and public sectors. Particular interests are project management, collective redundancies, business transfers and outsourcings, mergers and acquisitions, boardroom disputes, executive recruitment and terminations. Has developed high-level expertise in change programmes and efficiency inprovements especially in the public sector. Specialising in the management of complex projects, has led multidisciplinary teams advising clients in different sectors on the employment law, human resources and employee relations aspects of mass redundancies, outsourcings, change programmes and the establishment and operation of public bodies, including the Financial Services Authority, the Financial Ombudsman Scheme, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the Office of Communications, Natural England, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Legal Services Board and the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC). Acted successfully for OLC in the Law Society of England and Wales v the Secretary of State for Justice and the OLC.
Career
Trained Church Adams Tatham & Co (now Thomas Eggar LLP); qualified 1986; assistant solicitor Linklaters & Paines 1986-91; solicitor Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) 1991-92; joined Eversheds 1992; partner 1994-2007; partner Lawrence Graham LLP 2007 to date.
Languages
Conversational French.
Member
Employment Lawyers’ Association; City of London Law Society Employment Law Sub-Committee.
Education
Reigate County School for Girls; Bristol University (1981 Hons 2(1) classics); College of Law, Chancery Lane (CPE; LSF).
Leisure
Running, reading, inland waterways.
Practice Areas
Employment
