Louise Attrup > Debenhams Ottaway > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
Debenhams Ottaway Offices
IVY HOUSE
107 ST PETERS STREET
ST ALBANS
AL1 3EW
England
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Louise Attrup
Work Department
Employment.
Position
Louise is a partner and the head of the employment team. Louise specialises in employment law, advising employers or employees. She works with a broad range of owner-managed SMEs, family businesses, UK subsidiaries and charities, typically employing 150 employees or less. Louise offers a complete employment service which includes preparation of contracts and handbooks; advice on handling HR issues such as disciplinaries and redundancies; advice on the employment aspects of organisational change such as restructuring and mergers, and representation at employment tribunals. She also has experience of litigating employment disputes in the civil courts to include enforcing restrictive covenants, springboard injunctions for data theft and obtaining search orders. Louise regularly advises employees, particularly senior executives on service agreement terms.
Career
Trained at Turner & Debenhams (now Debenhams Ottaway); Qualified 1998; partner 2003.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; CIPD Affiliate Member.
Education
Winchmore Hill; Southgate Technical College (1988, 3 A levels); York University (1991 Politics BA (Hons) 2(1)); Middlesex University (1993-94 Common Professional Examination); London Guildhall University (1994-95 Legal Practice Course (Commendation)).
Leisure
Fine dining, yoga, swimming and travel.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
The ‘extremely passionate and knowledgeable‘ team at Debenhams Ottaway advises both employers and employees on settlement agreements, disciplinaries and grievances, and restructuring matters. The ‘brilliant‘ Louise Attrup leads the St. Albans-based team, specialising in data theft and restrictive covenants, often advising board directors. Commended by clients for his knowledge, associate Michael Kerrigan is adept at acting in employment status disputes, and advising on the protection of confidential information after termination.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery