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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

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

London: Human resources

Employment: employers

Within: Employment: employers

Led by Matthew Howse, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius UK LLP 's London employment team has a strong focus on clients in the life sciences, retail and financial services sectors, which it advises on high-value discrimination claims, team moves and restrictive covenant issues. Howse is an 'all-round employment law expert' who advises on strategic planning across a spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment, benefits, and immigration issues. Pulina Whitaker's practice focuses on data privacy and transactional matters; she also regularly acts on of behalf of corporations and multinationals in defending claims for unfair dismissal, discrimination and breach of contract claims. Louise Skinner and Lee Harding are of note for life sciences and cybersecurity matters in the financial services and technology industries.

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