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Sarah King
Work Department
Employment law
Career
Qualified 2003
Sarah is an employment solicitor with over 15 years’ experience including 5 years at partner level with a niche employment law firm. She has had responsibility for business development and also has experience of running her own business so understands the demands on the owner manager’s time.
She has always acted for both employers and employees including conducting advocacy in the Employment Tribunal. She has designed and delivered bespoke employment law training to clients across the UK and contributed to a number of articles in national and local newspapers. She won Young Business Person of the Year for Lincolnshire in 2008 and was part of the firm that won the inaugural Law Society Excellence in Client Care award. Sarah also sits as a part-time Employment Judge in the Employment Tribunal.
Memberships
Member of the Employment Lawyers Association
Part-time Employment Judge
Leisure
When Sarah is not working, she enjoys spending time with her young family and her friends. She loves to travel and is particularly fond of Italian and Thai cuisine. She enjoys watching films, reading, country walks and interior design with a new project always either on the go or in the planning stages.
She is also very active in her local community having taken various trustee roles for charitable organisations, and volunteering for community events.5
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
(Leading individuals)The team at Excello Law covers both contentious and non-contentious matters ‘with unwavering dedication to achieving a positive outcome’ and regularly advises senior executives on exit negotiations and corporate restructuring. Co-head David Greenhalgh specialises in discrimination work, while his counterpart Hina Belitz is noted for her expertise in negotiating settlement agreements and handling restrictive covenant issues. Sarah King is ‘very calm under pressure’ and typically acts in gross misconduct and discrimination litigation. In addition, the firm is well known for victimisation and unfair dismissal work. Nelu Abeygunasekera works with high-profile executives and negotiates complicated high-value, post-termination restrictions.
London > Employment > Employers
Excello Law, known for its work representing senior executives, also has a growing employer side practice, covering internal issues such as ongoing HR advice and senior executive investigations and exits, as well as supporting on transactional matters including TUPE advice. The firm also has notable litigation capability through Hina Belitz, who has a strong record before employment tribunals, the EAT and High Court. Further key names include the experienced David Greenhalgh, manufacturing and engineering sector expert Nelu Abeygunasekera and Sarah King, who is also an employment judge.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Employment > Senior executives
- Senior executives London > Employment
- Employers London > Employment