Jessica is an Associate in the Employment Department, sitting in the Employment Innovate team.
Jessica is an international employment lawyer and works with a range of UK and multi-jurisdictional businesses. She has a particular focus working with fast growth innovators and entrepreneurs (including from academic backgrounds) at the early stages of their business, within the digital health and life science (including women's health) sectors, assisting them with their domestic and overseas employment matters.
Jessica assists her clients with, include, in particular:
- advising on expansions (including globally), restructures, redundancies, senior exits and HR strategy;
- providing employment support on funding rounds (Series A and B), including acquisitions and mergers;
- supporting and advising on employment tribunal claims and settlements;
- advising on employer of record arrangements;
- advising on global recruitment (i.e. talent attraction and/ or retention);
- advising on standard employment issues and processes such as grievances, disciplinaries, performance and sickness management as well as providing support with contract/ service agreements and HR policies (including global remote working and hybrid working policies). Jessica is fluent in Portuguese and French and also speaks Spanish conversationally.
Career History
Associate at Taylor Vinters LLP
Trainee Solicitor at Eversheds LLP
Real Estate Paralegal at Eversheds LLP
Read Law with French Language (LLB) at The University of Kent