Natasha is a highly experienced employment solicitor who acts for both employers and senior executives, including regulated professionals. She has particular expertise in employment litigation and disputes involving complex whistleblowing and discrimination issues.
She has a strong track record in helping her employer clients avoid costly court and tribunal proceedings and when acting for senior executives she frequently secures high-value settlements, including a number of seven-figure settlements.
Natasha is dual-qualified in England & Wales and Australia and works with clients in a variety of sectors, from financial services, media and entertainment, law firms and other professional services firms, to retail and luxury brands.
I highly recommend Natasha as her approach to business relations and strong employment knowledge is beyond reproach.
Head of HR, Luxury Brand
Natasha is gold dust.
Senior Executive in financial services
Her pragmatism is second to none.
The Legal 500 testimonial 2023
extremely professional, efficient and considered.
The Legal 500 testimonial 2022
Over the last few years our firm has been guided through a range of difficult and complex employee relation issues by Natasha. In every event the advice given has been insightful and well thought out with a real focus on enabling us to make strong commercial decisions.
Head of Administration, London office of a full-service international law firm
Effective at negotiating with the other side and at countering their aggressive negotiation tactics to quickly reach a settlement.
Senior executive client in relation to a whistleblowing claim in the Employment Tribunal
Right from the start I was impressed with Natasha’s grasp of my situation and she achieved for me a far better outcome with my agreement than I had expected.
Senior executive
I expected the very best of advice - My expectations were however exceeded by the responsiveness and commitment afforded to me by Natasha.
COO
We have worked with Natasha over the past few years and have found her to be the perfect balance in providing support, knowledge and above all understanding.
Head of HR, luxury brand
I am unendingly grateful for the compassion and understanding Natasha showed me during the resolution of my matter. At a time when I needed support the most, it was provided in abundance, exceeding my expectations.
Senior executive
Expertise
- Employment litigation
- Workplace investigations
- Whistleblowing
- Discrimination
- Sexual misconduct
- Bonus claims
- Sick pay
- Restrictive covenants and team moves
- Termination and settlement agreements
- Transactions, redundancies, restructurings and outsourcing
Experience
General
- Acted for a senior sales manager against a global company on a successful whistleblowing claim, upheld in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
- Acted for a senior executive to achieve a high-value settlement where they were being bullied and performance-managed out, with claims involving failure to make reasonable adjustments and disability discrimination.
- Advised one of the UK’s top-ranked higher education providers regarding multiple equal pay claims brought by a group of academics.
- Acted for a political party association defending whistleblowing claims brought by a senior employee alleging furlough fraud and detriments.
- Acted for a senior executive to achieve a high-value settlement and an agreement to all non-financial terms requested with regard to claims involving sex discrimination, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, marriage discrimination, harassment and victimisation.
- Acted for a number of exiting CEOs, negotiating their exit terms and advising on restrictive covenants and LTIPs.
Financial Services
- Acted for a senior executive, defending allegations of sexual harassment.
- Acted for a senior executive in a complex discrimination claim, achieving a high-value eight-figure settlement.
- Acted for a senior trader on his claims for discrimination and unfair dismissal in the Employment Tribunal and breach of contract in the High Court. Judgment in the Employment Tribunal upholding claims for unfair dismissal and discrimination, resulting in a high-value seven-figure settlement.
- Acted for a senior executive in the financial services sector on complex whistleblowing claims (unlawful dismissal and detriment claims) against a multinational company.
- Acted for a senior trader in relation to his breach of contract claim (worth a seven-figure sum) in the High Court against a global bank, achieving a successful and early settlement for the client.
- Acted for a senior analyst on his claims for whistleblowing and unfair dismissal against a global bank.
- Acted for a number of senior executives in the private equity sector, negotiating exit terms involving significant carry and restrictive covenants.
Professional Practices
- Acted for a partner on his claims for discrimination and victimisation against a global accountancy firm.
- Successfully defended at very early stages of litigation claims for discrimination and unfair dismissal brought against a luxury brand. Acted for a firm of solicitors in relation to the exit of a senior team member and related misconduct allegations.
- Acted for a large luxury brand in relation to a highly sensitive exit.
- Acted for a senior solicitor in relation to a matter involving longstanding claims of discrimination and victimisation with a successful settlement achieved with financial and non-financial terms that were extremely important to the individual, in a case that was described as “impossible to settle”.
Hotels, Hospitality and Leisure
- Advised luxury hotel and hospitality groups with the exits of senior executives.
- Assisted a luxury hotel group with the early settlement of a number of discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal.
- Assisted a luxury hotel and hospitality groups with protected conversations and settlement agreements.
- Supported luxury brands with highly sensitive matters, including alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, involving employees and, at times, high-profile guests.
- Assisted a luxury hotel group with sickness absence management and related claims.
- Advised luxury hotel groups on redundancy and restructure processes.
- Advised luxury hotel and hospitality groups on policies, handbooks and procedures.
- Provided regular training to senior management and HR to a luxury hotel group.
Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.
Recognition
Recognised in The Legal 500 for employment law
Regular media commentator
Memberships:
- Employment Lawyers Association
- Industrial Law Society
- Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society
Career
Natasha qualified as a solicitor in the UK in 2009. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, she worked at the following firms in the UK:
- Kingsley Napley
- Archon Solicitors
- Magrath Sheldrick