Rhiannon Bail

Rhiannon is a Legal Director in the Employment department.

She advises on all aspects of UK contentious and non-contentious employment law issues, including contracts of employment and policies, redundancies, settlement agreements, terminations, unfair dismissal, discrimination, whistleblowing and day-to-day HR matters.

Rhiannon has experience in litigating in the Employment Tribunal and works across a range of business sectors.

She is also a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Key Experience

• Providing day-to-day employment law advice to clients in the financial services, general corporate and life science sectors on matters such as dismissals, redundancy, long-term sickness absence and disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Regularly drafting, reviewing and negotiating service agreements and advising on the enforceability of post-termination restrictions
• Regularly drafting, reviewing and negotiating settlement agreements, and advising on individual redundancy consultation
• Advising financial services clients in claims for unfair and/or wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal, whistleblowing, discrimination and harassment
• Advising financial services clients on the scope and application of SMCR, including conduct rule breaches, fitness and propriety findings and regulatory references
• Advising on TUPE and other employment law aspects of property and corporate transactions

Career History

Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Allen & Overy LLP
Trainee, Allen & Overy LLP
The University of Law, LPC
University of Oxford, BA in Jurisprudence