NIKITA SONECHA

• Help companies and individuals resolve employment issues, improve their employment position and deploy solutions to proactively prevent issues arising
• I have experience liaising with both HR and management
• I work with the corporate team to exit senior individuals

This includes providing advice in relation to process and drafting key documentation

• Provide strategic employment advice to employers of all sizes, from start-ups to multinationals
• I help HR teams, directors, MDs and CEOs to make commercial decisions that maximise opportunities, minimise risk and prevent dispute situations
• Experience in business restructuring and the achievement of commercial objective through the deployment of employment strategies
• Advise on disputes specialising in dismissals, disciplinary and grievance processes, and post-termination restrictions
• Where possible, I attempt to resolve disputes using cost-effective methods such as negotiations and mediation, but am experienced in handling tribunal cases, if required
• Review and update documents for organisations, including policies and contracts
• Advice in relation to employment aspects of COVID-19, including providing health and safety advice
• Advise individuals on employment matters, from recruitment through to departure, resolving issues that arise
• I have extensive experience in discrimination, particularly race, age, disability and maternity
• I have advised many senior executives on complex employment matters such as service agreements, commissions, bonus arrangements and exit provisions
• Carry out corporate support tasks
• Constantly deliver training seminars to businesses and networking groups
• Participate in business development for the firm, having won three large clients for the firm since I joined
• Responsible for supervising more junior members of the team
• I am currently responsible for a number of associates and trainees.

• Advised companies and individuals on a wide range of employment law matters from complex disciplinary issues to restructures
• Worked with clients across a wide variety of sectors and have experience dealing with sector specific government initiatives
• Advised companies on unfair dismissal in both preventative and reactive environments
• Provided day-to-day advice and training on procedures and assisted with drafting correspondence and negotiating settlement terms
• If matters went to an employment tribunal I assisted with all aspects of the process, from drafting a defence to representing the company at the tribunal
• Advised individuals on their rights and any potential unfair dismissal claims
• I assisted individuals with employment tribunal claims and settlement agreements
• Regularly advised on discrimination matters including those on the grounds of age, sex, disability and maternity
• This involved identifying potential risks for a company proactively and advising how these may be mitigated, as well as providing advice and support to companies and individuals if claims did arise
• Provided GDPR advice to Companies in order to ensure they were data protection compliant.

• Advised both companies and individuals on a wide range of employment law matters from complex disciplinary issues to restructures
• Worked with clients across a wide variety of sectors and have experience dealing with sector specific government initiatives
• Advised companies on unfair dismissal in both preventative and reactive environments
• On the preventative side, provided day to day advice and training on procedures and assisted with drafting correspondence and negotiating settlement terms
• On the reactive side, if a tribunal claim was received, provided assistance with all aspects of the employment tribunal process from drafting a defence to representing the company at the tribunal
• Also advised individuals on their rights and any potential unfair dismissal claim and provided assistance with employment tribunal claims and settlement agreements for individuals
• Regularly advised on discrimination issues including discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, disability and maternity
• This involved identifying potential risks for a company at an early stage and advising and providing training on ways for the company to mitigate these risks or providing advice and support to companies or individuals if claims did arise
• Offered GDPR advice to Companies in order to ensure they were data protection compliant.

• Advised on day to day HR issues
• Was key to undertaking due diligence on corporate deals with the corporate team
• Drafted documents including employment contracts, handbooks and key policies.

• Advised both employers and employees on a wide range of employment matters
• At any one time my caseload was split approximately 60% non-contentious and 40% contentious
• Worked with varied clients from a broad range of both private and public organisations as well as private individuals
• Advised on both cross border issues and family friendly issues
• Provided practical, commercial, responsive specialist advice in various areas including HR advice and support, non-contentious business involving the drafting of complex contractual and other documents, advising in relation to defending unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, breach of contract and discrimination claims, drafting, reviewing and negotiation settlement (compromise) agreements and severance packages, advising on post termination restrictions, garden leave clauses, confidentiality and intellectual property, advising on changes to terms of employment, breach of contract disputes including pay and bonus disputes, experience on advising on commercial transactions and outsourcing and the employment law issues arising on business and share acquisitions and disposals for employers, and advising on unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, breach of contract, discrimination and whistleblowing claims, advising employees in relation to their confidentiality and fiduciary duties and individual redundancies, amending compromise agreements and leading settlement negotiations, preparing grievances and preparing for disciplinary hearings, advising and negotiating termination packages for employees.