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Lydia Octon-Burke

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Lydia Octon-Burke

Lydia Octon-Burke

Senior Associate


London
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Lydia Octon-Burke

Lydia Octon-Burke

Senior Associate


London

Lydia Octon-Burke

Senior Associate

London

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Biography

Lydia is a Senior Associate in the Employment & Labor group. Lydia advises on contentious and non-contentious matters, acting for clients across various sectors on employment tribunal litigation and transactional matters, as well as supporting employers on day-to-day employment law issues.

Examples of recent work include defending employers in tribunal litigation, advising on TUPE implications of transactions, and conducting workplace investigations alongside the Regulatory team.

Lydia has also recently spent time on secondment at a large financial institution where she assisted with handling collective and individual redundancy situations, and advised on complex disciplinary and grievance processes and settlement negotiations, as well as ad-hoc employee relations issues.

Lydia has experience in drafting a variety of employment documentation including service agreements, consultancy agreements, settlement agreements and policies and procedures.

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