Michelle is a Principal Associate in the Employment team, providing advice on contentious and non-contentious matters to a range of clients including companies in the telecommunications, retail and logistics sectors and individuals.

Michelle's recent experience includes:

• supporting a client with a large-scale and long-running  transformation project.
• supporting with senior exits and settlements.
• advising clients on business restructures and redundancies, whistleblowing and discrimination complaints, termination of employment, family leave, working time and TUPE related matters.
• defending claims in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.
• delivering client-specific and national training sessions and mock Employment Tribunal hearings.
• advising on business immigration matters, including right to work and sponsorship queries.

Michelle joined Shoosmiths in October 2018 following three years as a solicitor and 11 years overall in the employment team of Eversheds Sutherland in Nottingham.

Education
Legal Practice Course (commendation) - Nottingham Law School
LLB (International) Law, 2.1 (Hons) - University of Leicester (included exchange to Rhodes University, South Africa)