Lisa is a Partner in the Eversheds Sutherland employment team in Dubai. She advises on employment and equality law matters, and is also part of our UK-wide immigration team.
Lisa is an experienced employment lawyer with more than 20 years’ experience in the field. She has worked for Eversheds Sutherland and been a member of the global employment, labour and pensions group for the majority of her career.
She has previously worked in the Nottingham, London and Belfast offices before relocating to the UAE in 2022 to further strengthen our employment law offering in the Middle East.
Lisa has considerable experience of providing contentious and non-contentious employment law advice to multi-national companies with a presence around the globe. She advises clients across a broad range of sectors with a particular interest in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the people considerations of ESG within the financial and professional services, TMT and the industrials sectors. She is noted in the legal directories as a ‘next generation partner’ and as being a ‘strategic thinker’. The directories also note her track record of defending high-value and commercially sensitive litigation matters alongside the fact she ‘delivers for her clients with great efficiency’.
Lisa also supports businesses seeking to move their workforce around the globe and recruit new employees to ensure that all legal, visa and immigrations requirements are met.
Lisa is an accomplished presenter and has spoken on a wide range of employment law topics including restrictive covenants and confidential information, discrimination and mental health in the workplace. She is regularly invited to comment on topical HR matters.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday means – DEALS, DEALS, DEALS! The 2020 holiday season will be unlike any other we have experienced. In many cases, COVID-19 will keep us in our own homes and away from crowded shops. That may be a good way to curb spending, but the reality is, your employees still want to shop.
Starting with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it is open season for online shopping and online fraud. This helpful guidance from Eversheds Sutherland outlines some very helpful guidance for employers in helping to manage what is likely to be a very busy on-line shopping spree for employees and help bolster internet security.
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