Anne Pritam > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Stephenson Harwood
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England

Work Department

Employment and pensions.

Position

Anne helps clients with the practical implications of employment, immigration and partnership law. With many years’ experience acting for both organisations and individuals, she gives tailored advice that focuses on the key issues and achieves positive outcomes for her clients.
Anne assists her clients with challenging and high risk employment, immigration and partnership issues, as well as “business as usual” concerns.  Her advice is analytical and carefully crafted and reflects the specific priorities, commercial concerns and workplace culture of her clients.   She is a seasoned, robust litigator and co-heads the firm’s UK-inbound Immigration business advisory team.

With extensive experience of a variety of employers in a wide range of sectors including financial services and professional services, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and energy; Anne has acted for clients with a handful of employees through to those with several thousand.

She advises listed boards, private companies, family businesses, domestic households and individuals; she has been the trusted adviser to many of her clients for over 10 years.

She is sought out (by firms and partners) as a leading partnership and LLP practitioner with a track record for providing strong legal support in controversial areas such as expulsion, de-equitisation, discrimination, remuneration, and business protection/restrictions.

A sought-after speaker/trainer, she is a regular presenter for White Paper Conferences (the leading HR/legal training provider), and the national Employment Lawyers’ Association, giving insightful and entertaining in-house training sessions.

Anne qualified in England and Wales in 1996.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Senior executives

Stephenson Harwood‘s ‘exceptionally strong’ team is instructed by senior executives across a variety of sectors. Paul Reeves leads the team, and handles high-profile cases relating to post-termination restrictions and contentious exits more generally. Anne Pritam and Richard Freedman provide advice on settlement agreements, and departures and arrivals. Other key work includes whistleblowing claims relating to financial impropriety and sexual harassment.

London > Employment > Employers

Advising clients across a span of industries, Stephenson Harwood is recommended for both litigious work and ongoing support. Practice head Paul Reeves has a particular specialism in acting for financial services and luxury retail clients. Anne Pritam is notable for her cross-jurisdictional expertise, supporting the development of the firm’s employment practice in Dubai. TUPE transfers expert Richard Freedman is also recommended, while associate Natalie Edwards stands out for her specialist knowledge of employment issues in the rail industry.