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Kendall Burnett

Position
Kendall Burnett advises public and private companies’ on all aspects of employment, remuneration, and incentives matters, particularly in the context of corporate transactions.
She counsels clients on the full spectrum of global employment and incentives matters, including those related to:
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- Cross-border mergers and acquisitions
- Share-based incentivization, including plan design and administration
- Public company representation and corporate governance
- Recruitment and severance
Kendall draws on substantial experience helping a wide range of global clients — from emerging companies to publicly listed companies — to recruit, retain, and incentivize dynamic workforces. She regularly advises on complex cross-border transactions, resolving legal and tax considerations across different jurisdictions.
Kendall maintains an active pro bono practice, advising UK charities on employment law issues.
She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and Share Plan Lawyers Group.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employee share schemes
The practice at Latham & Watkins has Sarah Gadd at its helm, who has expertise in advising on the full array of employment, benefit and incentives issues. The team has the capacity to guide clients through the scheme elements of complex and high-value international transactions, such as acquisitions and takeovers; this is an area of particular specialism for Kendall Burnett who is active across the scope of the team’s work. The team is also equipped to assist with employee-related aspects of corporate governance and financial regulations, and on the life cycle of share schemes. Rebecca Servian bolstered the group with her April 2024 arrival from Ashurst.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Industry focus > TMT
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Finance > Securitisation
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Acquisition finance