Siân Keall

Partner

Siân is a partner in the Employment Department and a member of the firm's Diversity & Inclusion Board.

Siân represents clients on a wide range of disputes, team moves and exits. She advises across sectors including financial services, tech and insurance. She also conducts and advises on investigations. Her practice covers the full range of employment law as well as corporate immigration issues and she advises on all aspects of employment litigation, including High Court actions.

Siân is recognised as a 'Leading Individual' and 'Thought Leader' in Who’s Who Legal: Management Labour & Employment 2019.

Siân regularly speaks at client seminars and external conferences on a range of topics including redundancy, discrimination, flexible working, maternity/adoption/paternity and parental leave, and the Transfer of Undertakings Regulations.

Siân is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and speaks regularly on its courses. She is also a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association and the Industrial Law Society.

Siân is a member of the Guild of HR Professionals and a trustee of the Guild's charitable arm.

Clients

Siân has a broad spectrum of clients across a range of sectors including AIG, Metro Bank, the Association of British Insurers, Western Union, and BNP Paribas Real Estate.

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

Defending a valuable collective redundancy consultation claim.

Advising on and managing a 15 jurisdiction cross-border employment project for an international client.

Drafting and amending agency contracts for the supply of temporary workers.

Advising on a complex cross-border dual employment situation.

Advising on senior exits including those involving share rights and regulatory issues.

Advising an employer company on a range of redundancy issues arising out of a headcount reduction and reorganisation.

Advising on a complex investigation involving allegations of regulatory wrongdoing and discrimination.

Negotiating the employment aspects of a major outsourcing contract.

Advising on the application of TUPE to an offshore outsourcing arrangement.

Advising on a team move and enforcing post termination restrictive covenants.

Assisting clients to become registered sponsors and comply with the UK immigration regime.

Advising on Senior Managers and Certification Regime and its impact for HR teams.

Providing diversity training to HR professionals and line managers.

Siân Keall is a pleasure to work with. She has expert legal knowledge, she has a commercial and pragmatic approach, she enables us to achieve great outcomes and she balances the risk with the potential impact.

Siân Keall is an exceptional legal adviser – she always provides balanced and high-quality advice and has the absolute respect of our CEO, who trusts her judgement and advice when making the big calls. She is a joy to work with and we are extremely lucky to have her in our network.

A very personable approach. She is always empathetic to some of our most challenging situations whilst providing advice and feedback that is honest, to the point and considered – that is quite a skill.