Katie Maguire

Katie is a partner and co-heads the Employment & Pensions Team and is based in the London office. Katie regularly advises clients on a wide range of non-contentious and contentious employment issues, including defending complex employment tribunal claims for discrimination, victimisation, harassment, unfair dismissal, breach of contract, wrongful dismissal, and whistleblowing, as well as claims brought in the county court for unlawful deduction of wages. Katie also specialises in pensions and corporate transactional and merger work and have expertise in related issues arising under the LGPS, SHPS, the NHS Pension Scheme and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, as well as transactional experience in completing due diligence and guiding employers through TUPE related employment and pension issues in relation to outsourcing contracts, assets sales, share sales and mergers. Katie also regularly advises high net worth individuals in relation to exit strategies and negotiation on termination of employment, including shares and stock options. Katie is part of the cross-departmental Care Team. · Devonshires Solicitors LLP

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Partner at Devonshires Solicitors LLP based in the London office, co-head of the Employment & Pensions Team. Advises on a wide range of non-contentious and contentious employment matters, pensions and corporate transactional/merger work, TUPE issues, and exit strategies for high net worth individuals.

Practice areas

EmploymentPensionsCorporate / M&AEmployment Litigation

Office

England

Devonshires Solicitors LLP · Katie is a partner and co-heads the Employment & Pensions Team and is based in the London office. Katie regularly advises clients on a wide range of non-contentious and contentious employment issues, including defending complex employment tribunal claims for discrimination, victimisation, harassment, unfair dismissal, breach of contract, wrongful dismissal, and whistleblowing, as well as claims brought in the county court for unlawful deduction of wages. Katie also specialises in pensions and corporate transactional and merger work and have expertise in related issues arising under the LGPS, SHPS, the NHS Pension Scheme and the Teachers’ Pension Scheme, as well as transactional experience in completing due diligence and guiding employers through TUPE related employment and pension issues in relation to outsourcing contracts, assets sales, share sales and mergers. Katie also regularly advises high net worth individuals in relation to exit strategies and negotiation on termination of employment, including shares and stock options. Katie is part of the cross-departmental Care Team.

England

Expertise

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)SHPSNHS Pension SchemeTeachers’ Pension SchemeTUPE and workforce transfersTransaction due diligenceOutsourcing, asset sales, share sales and mergersEmployment tribunal defenceAdvising high net worth individuals on exit strategies, shares and stock options

Education

LLB, Reading University (2004)
LPC, College of Law, London

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales (qualified 2009)