Gateley Legal

Employment.

Merran is a specialist employment lawyer advising on all aspects of the employment relationship. She provides straightforward, practical advice with an emphasis on finding solutions.

Merran supports a range of clients from internationally-headquartered entities, financial institutions and household names to local charitable bodies and senior executives in their personal capacity.

Merran manages the full range of employment tribunal claims and has extensive experience of multi-party litigation. She was instructed by the lead respondent in litigation described by The Guardian as “the largest ever legal claim over the national minimum wage” and regularly represents employers in a range of tribunal claims involving issues such as whistleblowing, constructive unfair dismissal, the adequacy of TUPE information and consultation exercises and discrimination issues. This includes representation before the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She also regularly supports clients with complex disciplinary and grievance issues and change management programmes and the drafting and enforcement of post-termination restrictions.

Merran regularly advises on a variety of corporate transactions and insourcing/ outsourcing exercises which often involve the TUPE Regulations. Recent support included advising Gymshark on the employment-related aspects of the investment by General Atlantic which valued the Gymshark business at over £1bn.

Merran trained at Gateley Plc (then Gateley Wareing LLP) and qualified in 2006. She is a former Chair of the Women in Business Association and a Trustee of Sport Birmingham.  Merran was a Finalist for Associate of the Year at the Birmingham Law Society Awards.

Employment Lawyers Association. Member of the ELA’s working party on the Government consultation regarding the “Simplification of the Tax and National Insurance Treatment of Termination Payments”.

Trustee, Birmingham Sport and Physical Activity Trust (‘Sport Birmingham’).

Warwick University (BA Hons (1st class)); Birmingham College of Law (LPC (Distinction)).

Football, cinema, travel and good food.