Associate
Katie Woods advises clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Katie Woods is an associate in the employment team at Stephenson Harwood LLP, based in London. She provides commercial legal advice on a broad range of employment issues, combining legal insight with practical guidance. She represents clients in Employment Tribunal claims - such as unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, breach of contract and discrimination.
She also advises on day-to-day HR and compliance issues, including disciplinary and grievance handling, holiday pay issues and performance concerns. Her experience extends to managing organisational changes such as redundancies, TUPE transfers and restructurings. Katie also advises on settlement agreements, restrictive covenants and senior-executive terminations and exits. Additionally, Katie provides corporate support, advising on the employment component of large-scale transactions across various sectors, including due diligence and drafting new service agreements.
Employment Advisor for Luxury Goods Clients
We provide employment law support to luxury goods clients, advising on employee relations, HR consultancy, policy development and staff training.
Successful interim application for injunctive relief in the High Court.
We successfully secured injunctive relief for a financial services client following a co-ordinated team move.
Support on Corporate Transactions
Supporting the due diligence and transaction processes across Private Equity and M&A Transactions.
Defending employment tribunal litigation
Acted on various employment tribunal claims relating to various claims including unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination.