Linklaters LLP

Nicola is a senior partner, with significant experience across the breadth of employment law and is well-known in the market for advising clients on their most challenging, reputationally sensitive and high-stakes people-related matters.

Nicola frequently advises clients on their strategic  projects, investigations, and reviews, such as those relating to conduct, governance, workplace culture, and mandates involving the board and senior leadership. She is a solutions-focused and strategic adviser who works with clients to ensure the best outcome is reached in the circumstances.

She tackles the most complex of employment litigation and advice, with extensive experience of High Court and Tribunal litigation. In addition, Nicola advises her clients on crisis management, the employment aspects of purchases, related hirings, executive terminations and appointments, restrictive covenants and team moves, as well as managing large global projects in relation to redundancies, compensation reviews and the employment aspects of regulatory investigations.

She is also a frequent speaker and commentator on employment issues with a particular interest in, whistleblowing, workplace equality and corporate culture. Nicola is also a CEDR accredited mediator and is a non executive director on two listed companies. The nature of Nicola’s practice and the sensitive nature of her work means that we cannot publicly share the work she does.