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LONDON
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Lisa Coleman
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GQ|Littler is the leading employment law firm for employers in the UK and Ireland. We offer risk-based advice and litigation services on employment, immigration, employee tax and incentives issues. We work globally as part of Littler, the world’s largest employment law firm with over 1,600 lawyers in 100 offices worldwide. Being part of Littler enables the firm to seamlessly provide high-quality advice and support across a wide range of international markets and benefit from cutting-edge technology, research and knowledge management resources.
Position
Lisa is one of the firm’s senior associates. She works across all areas of employment law focusing mainly on day-to-day advisory work and litigation support.
Lisa is experienced in defending employment tribunal claims, including very high value and complex claims, and has experience in appealing tribunal judgments to the Employment Appeal Tribunal as well as assisting with High Court proceedings for breach of contract. She is particularly interested in discrimination claims. She also regularly supports clients with difficult employee grievances, disciplinaries, redundancies and employee exits.
She is also particularly specialised in advising on data protection issues. She has experience in managing and responding to data subject access requests and in assisting employers comply with their data protection obligations. She has provided various training sessions to clients on this topic and has developed guides and step-plans to support employers with compliance.
Lisa regularly provides support on day-to-day matters such as advising on the enforceability of restrictive covenants, carrying out employment contract and handbook audits and coordinating the roll out of global contracts. Additionally, Lisa seeks out opportunities to deliver training to clients on new and key areas of employment law.
Career
Lisa joined GQ|Littler in March 2017 as an associate, following the completion of her training contract at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. She was promoted to senior asasociate in 2021.
Languages
English.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
2011 – 2014: University of Reading, Bachelor of laws (LLB)
2014 – 2015: BPP Law School, Accelerated LPC
Leisure
Baking, running, attending fitness classes.