Employment and Human Resources
At New Media Law, our employment team is known for its problem solving approach, and provides commercial and practical advice across all areas of employment law, including dismissals, performance management, TUPE transfers, redundancies, sickness management, policies and procedure and contractual issues.
- Wayne Smith
- Wayne Smith has over 12 years experience as a solicitor specialising solely in employment law. Prior to joining New Media Law Wayne worked as an employment specialist with a number of international and national law firms in the City of London and the regions. Wayne gives advice on employment law issues across the full spectrum of business clients from PLCs to owner managed businesses. Known for his problem solving approach, Wayne provides commercial and practical advice across all areas of employment law, including dismissals, performance management, TUPE transfers, redundancies, sickness management, policies and procedure and contractual issues.
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- Anna Kavanagh
- Anna has over 15 years legal and management consultancy experience and qualified as a Solicitor (1996) after taking a degree in Business Studies and Management. In addition, Anna spent 9 years as an officer in the Territorial Army and has been able to use many of the team building, management and leadership skills learnt from the Army training in her working life. Following completion of her training contract with City firm, Trowers & Hamlins, Anna moved to another large City firm, Simmons & Simmons where she joined their Commercial team working on corporate transactions. She moved to New Media Law in December 2010.
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- Alison Macfarlane
- Alison Macfarlane has over 15 years legal experience and is dual qualified as a Barrister (1993) and a Solicitor (2000). Following 6 years practising as an advocate at the independent Bar, Alison joined Eversheds in 1999 as part of its national employment law team. In 2003 Alison moved to commercial law firm, Howes Percival LLP, and after spending 5 highly successful years developing its employment team in her role as Partner and Head of Department, Alison retired from the partnership in 2008.
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- Richard Homer
- Richard Homer is a Trainee Solicitor with the firm, having joined New Media Law as a Trainee in October 2010.
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