Rebecca Sawbridge > Freeths LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Freeths LLP Offices

3RD FLOOR, THE COLMORE BUILDING
20 COLMORE CIRCUS, QUEENSWAY
BIRMINGHAM
B4 6AT
England
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Rebecca Sawbridge

Work Department
Employment.
Position
Partner and head of employment in Freeths’ Birmingham office. Advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination law, executive terminations, TUPE, large scale reorganisations, employment aspects of mergers/acquisitions/outsourcing and litigation in the Civil Court and employment tribunal. Regularly speaks at HR seminars and provides bespoke employment law training.
Career
Trained Eversheds, Birmingham; qualified 1999; assistant solicitor, Wragge & Co, Birmingham 1999; associate, Wragge & Co, Birmingham 2003; associate, McGrigors, London 2005; partner Shoosmiths, Birmingham 2006; partner Freeths, Birmingham 2010.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
St Dominic’s School for Girls, Staffordshire; Cardiff University (1994 BSc Business Administration, first class); College of Law, Chester (1995 CPE, 1996 LPE).
Leisure
Running, golf, interior design.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Employment > Employment
(Leading partners)At Freeths LLP, Rebecca Sawbridge heads the department, which provides specialist employment advice to a wide range of employers on a national and regional basis. Clients include various household names, as well as numerous public sector employers. Areas of focus span restructurings and TUPE issues as well as complex employment tribunal claims. Lynne Ingram is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
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Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Public sector > Local government
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham