Grace Alexander

Employment (6 months)

Employment Litigation:

• Attending Employment Tribunal hearings: providing instructions to counsel, advising clients on strategy and case progress
• Attending High Court for breach of restrictive covenant claim
• Hearing preparation: drafting grounds of complaint/resistance, interviewing witnesses and drafting statements, bundle preparation
• Case types: wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination (disability, sex, religion, race), whistleblowing.

Employment Advisory:

• Advising clients (employer and employee) on the following issues: redundancy and restructuring, TUPE, dismissal, restrictive covenants, disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Negotiating and drafting settlement agreements

Employment Transactional:

• Corporate support work: due diligence on employment matters for M&A deals (share and asset sales)
• Drafting employment contracts and ancillary documents (junior and executive)

Property Litigation (6 months)

• Advising on the following issues: landlord/tenant disputes, lease renewals, disrepair claims, enfranchisement, right to manage, boundary disputes, contractual claims
• Drafting pre-action correspondence and without prejudice correspondence
• Drafting court forms, pleadings and witness statements
• Preparing for and attending court, including: instructing counsel, bundle preparation, advising on strategy
• Attending mediation and supporting clients throughout

Corporate and Commercial (6 months)

Corporate:

• Drafting transaction documents (SPA, APA) and accompanying ancillaries
• Undertaking due diligence and reporting to clients
• Providing key support during completions
• Managing transactions, e.g. share transfers
• Overseeing companies house filings and stamp duty adjudication post-completion

Commercial:

• Negotiating commercial terms on behalf of clients
• Drafting contracts and agreements, e.g. supply contracts, JV agreements, consultancy agreements, influencer agreements
• Drafting and advising on GDPR, data sharing and privacy policies

• Creating precedents, producing legal research, establishing new processes for the corporate admin team
• Supporting transactions, including drafting ancillary documents, updating trackers and documents lists, managing completion mechanics
• Case management and liaising with clients and external legal teams