Sally Bird > Kuit Steinart Levy LLP > Manchester, England > Lawyer Profile

Kuit Steinart Levy LLP
3 ST MARY'S PARSONAGE
MANCHESTER
M3 2RD
England

Work Department

Employment.

Position

Sally joined the firm in 1997 and has been a partner in Kuits’ employment team for 13 years.

Sally deals with boardroom-level employment law, providing innovative advice to corporate clients on complex and high-value matters geared towards fulfilling their commercial objectives. She has a growing practice in advising on employment issues for sports professionals, and particular expertise in boardroom disputes and matters involving employee stakeholders, high-value contractual disputes, large-scale re-organisations and redundancy exercises, TUPE, and the enforcement of restrictive covenants.

Sally advises senior executives on long-term incentives, options and exit agreements, and has acted for senior medical professionals in whistle-blowing and discrimination claims. She works closely with a wide range of businesses across manufacturing, property, retail and IT.

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Career

Trained Kuit Steinart Levy; qualified 1999; partner 2006 to date.

Education

Beford High School; Leicester University (1995 BA (Hons) First Class); Manchester Metropolitan University (1997 LPC).

Leisure

Films, travel.

Lawyer Rankings

North West > Employment > Employment: employee/union firms

With sector-specific expertise in sports, leisure, and hospitality, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP in Manchester provides ‘fantastic employment advice‘ to a broad range of employees, and the group is particularly knowledgeable in tribunal litigation, senior executive terminations, and redundancies. Leading the group, Kevin McKenna advises clients on the full spectrum of employment law, and is especially experienced in senior executive terminations, restrictive covenants, unfair dismissal claims, discrimination cases, and redundancies. The team also includes Sally Bird, who advises directors in boardroom disputes and has expertise in matters involving employee stakeholders, contractual disputes, and breach of restrictive covenants. Mark McKeating, who advises on a broad range of employment law and is particularly skilled in senior executive terminations, is also a key contact.

North West > Employment > Employment

Praised by clients as ‘extremely knowledgeable‘, Kuit Steinart Levy LLP in Manchester handles a broad range of employment matters in a variety of industries, with particular expertise in the leisure and hospitality, sports, and education sectors. Practice head Kevin McKenna in Manchester advises on the full spectrum of employment issues, while Sally Bird has particular expertise in boardroom disputes, high-value contractual disputes and breach of restrictive covenants, as well as being experienced in the sports sector. Mark McKeating provides ‘excellent advice‘ in all employment matters, with a particular focus on senior executive terminations, the enforcement of restraint of trade provisions. and Employment Tribunal claims. Another notable practitioner is James Howarth, who is ‘particularly skilled in assisting clients with what might be the more technical and difficult process aspects of employment and data protection law‘.