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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP, Pulina Whitaker, London, ENGLAND

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Pulina Whitaker

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A partner at Morgan Lewis, Pulina focuses her practice on a variety of labor and employment matters, including transactional employment law in sales and acquisitions; acting for corporations and multinationals in defense of claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination claims related to sex, race, religion, age, and disability, and breach of contract claims; European data privacy and antibribery issues; whistleblower hotlines for European-based companies and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act requirements; and other international investigations and compliance matters. Pulina has experience advising on commercial outsourcing and corporate reorganizations, specifically negotiating warranty and indemnity provisions and disclosures in transactional documentation. She also advises on reorganizations regarding information and consultation obligations in the United Kingdom and across other European jurisdictions. Pulina’s practice spans internationally, with matters involving the coordination of redundancy programs and restructuring exercises across European jurisdictions and international employee consultation requirements. She also provides advice regarding European data privacy and antibribery issues in connection with FCPA investigations, the Bribery Act, and export control arrangements. For more information, view Pulina's biography at www.morganlewis.com/bios/pwhitaker

Education

College of Law of England and Wales, Chester, 1997, LPC University of Bristol, 1996, LLB, Hons

London: Human resources

Employment: employers and senior executives

Within: Employment: employers and senior executives

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP's 'excellent' department is led by Matthew Howse, who recently defended Guvera in a claim brought by over 80 former employees relating to TUPE issues and advised Integra Life Sciences on the employment elements of its cross-border acquisition of the Codman business from Johnson & Johnson. Allergan, Simon & Schuster, Munich Re, Amnesty International and Amazon are also clients. Pulina Whitaker is a key name for issues covering employment and data privacy work and Louise Skinner is recommended for regulatory mandates including international investigations and is also active in the financial services sector; Skinner joined from Allen & Overy LLP in 2017.

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