Sophie has recently joined our employment team and has expertise in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Qualifying as a solicitor in 2000, her career to date has included roles in private practice, local authorities and third sector organisations as both in-house legal counsel and senior HR roles.  This wealth of experience has provided Sophie with the ability to quickly grasp the internal dynamics of an organisation, enabling her to assist business owners and HR managers with both day to day HR challenges and the strategic changes which achieve organisational objectives.

 Sophie can advise clients across the full spectrum of general employment advice including:

• Contracts, policies and procedures
• Discrimination and equal pay
• Employment disputes and litigation
• Executive recruitment and termination
• Outsourcing
• Restrictive covenants
• Restructuring
• Settlement Agreements
• TUPE

 Professional Experience

• Joined Morgan LaRoche as a Solicitor September 2020
• Associate Solicitor JCP Solicitors 2018-2019
• HR Manager Rockfield Software Limited 2016-2017
• In-House Solicitor/Head of HR/Director of Workforce Grŵp Gwalia Cyf, 2007-2014
• Consultant at Heather Cooper HR Associates 2008-2009
• In-House Solicitor Southampton City Council 2004-2005
• Solicitor Bond Pearce Solicitors Employment Team 2000-2004
• Qualified as a Solicitor Bond Pearce Solicitors 2000
• Paralegal Norton Rose Solicitors London 1996-1997

Practice Areas

• Employment

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