Mishcon de Reya has announced that Anna Byford has joined the firm as a partner in its Employment department. Anna will lead the Employment Innovate team, which provides the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment, business immigration and incentives advice to fast-growth, scale-up businesses in the Innovation economy.
Anna joins from Deloitte Legal, where she led their workplace investigations practice, and supported clients with employment tribunal litigation, the people aspects of M&A and strategic employee relations advice. Anna previously spent eight years at tech-focused legal boutique Kemp Little, working closely with individuals, and start-up, scale-up and emerging businesses, particularly in the digital media and technology sectors.
Susannah Kintish, Partner and Chair of the Employment department at Mishcon de Reya, said:
“We are delighted that Anna has joined us as a Partner to lead our Employment Innovate practice. Her deep experience in the innovation sector means she is well-positioned to turbo-charge growth in that area of our employment business and to partner with our fast-growth clients in the innovation economy on all aspects of their people needs.”
Anna Byford added:
“It’s a pleasure to join Mishcon de Reya as a Partner in their top-tier Employment team.
I am excited about this opportunity to grow the Employment Innovate practice and continue to offer clients high-quality, pragmatic and strategic counsel, with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by emerging and fast-scaling businesses.
I look forward to working alongside the firm’s corporate, emerging companies and venture capital, and private client teams to help our clients to attract, nurture and retain the people they need for their strategic growth.”