Lauren Palmer
Associate
Lauren Palmer is an Associate in the Employment team at Stephenson Harwood advising clients across a variety of sectors on both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Biography
Language - English
Jurisdiction - England & Wales
Lauren is an Associate in the Employment team, based in London. She previously spent six months with the firm’s Employment team in Dubai, gaining valuable experience in cross-border employment matters.
Lauren advises a wide range of clients – including individuals and companies – across sectors such as hospitality, luxury goods, financial services, and insurance. She provides practical, commercial legal advice tailored to each client’s needs.
Lauren’s experience covers a range of employment matters, including advising on day-to-day HR issues like disciplinary and grievance procedures, dismissals, and redundancies, drafting contractual and policy documentation, and assisting clients with complex employment disputes. Lauren has worked with clients bringing and defending claims in both the Employment Tribunal and the High Court, advising on disputes involving claims of unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, unlawful deduction of wages, and discrimination. In addition, Lauren has supported clients with sensitive internal investigations and provides employment support on corporate matters, advising on the employment aspects of large-scale transactions.
Experience
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Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd v Willis Re (UK) Ltd [2026] EWHC 361 (KB)
Part of the team which successfully obtained injunctive relief for Guy Carpenter and advised on their proceedings against Willis Re and other entities and individuals alleging that they had engaged in an unlawful team raid. For more details, see here.
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Support on corporate transactions
Supporting with corporate transactions, including advising Augmentum Fintech Plc on the employment matters associated with its takeover by Frontier BidCo Limited. For further detail, see here.
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Successfully defending Employment Tribunal litigation
Advised a luxury goods client to successfully defend claims brought against them in the Employment Tribunal, including claims for unfair dismissal and unlawful deduction of wages.
