Emma Johnston
Managing Senior Associate
Emma specialises in advising Financial Services clients and is the employment lead on IR35 and contingent worker models. She focuses on contentious matters including complex discrimination and whistleblowing complaints.
Emma is a trusted employment adviser of several Financial Services firms, advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters. She regularly defends complex discrimination and whistleblowing Tribunal litigation and has experience of defending a high profile claim involving 26 parties. She is also experienced in co-ordinating complex cross-border projects involving employees situated in several jurisdictions.
Emma is the employment lead in our workforce models specialism and works seamlessly with our tax and commercial contracts teams to provide holistic advice in this area.
She is known for providing user-friendly and innovative advice to clients.
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Justyna Machnicka
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