Rebecca Sawbridge

Partner and head of employment in Freeths’ Birmingham office. Advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination law, executive terminations, TUPE, large scale reorganisations, employment aspects of mergers/acquisitions/outsourcing and litigation in the Civil Court and employment tribunal. Regularly speaks at HR seminars and provides bespoke employment law training. · Freeths LLP

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Partner and head of employment at Freeths’ Birmingham office advising on all aspects of contentious and non‑contentious employment law, including dismissal, discrimination, executive terminations, TUPE, large‑scale reorganisations and the employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions and outsourcing. Regularly conducts litigation in the civil courts and employment tribunals and delivers HR seminars and bespoke employment law training.

Practice areas

EmploymentLitigationCorporate / M&A

Office

England

Freeths LLP · Partner and head of employment in Freeths’ Birmingham office. Advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including wrongful and unfair dismissal, discrimination law, executive terminations, TUPE, large scale reorganisations, employment aspects of mergers/acquisitions/outsourcing and litigation in the Civil Court and employment tribunal. Regularly speaks at HR seminars and provides bespoke employment law training.

England

Expertise

Wrongful and unfair dismissalDiscrimination lawExecutive terminationsTUPE and large‑scale reorganisationsEmployment aspects of mergers & acquisitions and outsourcingEmployment tribunal and civil court litigationHR seminars and bespoke employment law training

Education

St Dominic’s School for Girls, Staffordshire
Cardiff University — BSc Business Administration, first class (1994)
College of Law, Chester — CPE (1995) and LPE (1996)

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales (qualified 1999)