Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

Vanessa is a Principal Associate in the Employment, Labor and Pensions Practice Group.

She trained at Eversheds Sutherland LLP and qualified as an employment lawyer in 2009.

Vanessa is highly experienced in TUPE and has advised a number of both public and private sector clients in respect to major outsourcing projects and business aquisitions and disposals.

She advises on and negotiates the TUPE and employment-related provisions in the contractual documentation for various types of outsourcing arrangements and mergers and acquisitons.

Vanessa works closely with her clients to ensure that a smooth TUPE consultation process is implemented in respect of such transactions. She has prepared TUPE protocols and provided TUPE training for clients for these purposes.

Vanessa is highly experienced in advising clients on large-scale business reorganizations and restructures and guiding clients through collective consultation processes.

She is also experienced in equal pay and gender pay gap reporting. Vanessa has assisted clients with equal pay audits and high-profile multiple claimant equal pay claims on behalf of public sector clients.

More recently, she had advised a number of clients on the new requirements under the IR35 legislation, which has recently come into force for the private sector.

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