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Commercial Lawyer: Rachel Sallnow
We are delighted to welcome commercial lawyer Rachel Sallnow to the Ignition Team. She is joining as a Senior Consultant within the Commercial team.
14th March 2023
Fine Print
Recent Relevant Experience
- Broad cross-sector experience incl. Finance, Energy, Sports, Startups; Education, Charities, Public and Third Sector
- Excels in SME / Startup advice in consultancy setting – assisting business focused managers in the absence of a dedicated HR function
- First point of contact advisor to senior HR teams on day-to-day HR issues
- Acting for employee / executives and companies in senior exit negotiations and Settlement Agreements
- Managing an active Employment Tribunal case load from qualification – ‘on record’ solicitor in 200+ ET cases including high profile and high value discrimination, dismissal, whistleblowing, TUPE and equal pay cases
- Conducting ET advocacy at hearings across UK inc. London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Acting for global UK bank in multiple discrimination cases incl. four week hearing of complex race/disability litigation (London); complex sex discrimination /criminal conduct hearing;
- Acting for Scotland’s two highest profile sporting administrative bodies in player disciplinary issues; referee employment status / age discrimination disputes; player and management contract negotiations and design
- Acting for large energy supply company in senior whistle blowing / disability discrimination claims
- Designing, implementing and managing an HR helpline and advisory facility for 50+ high street offices of umbrella administrative body
- Acting in successful judicial mediation and settlements (London and Edinburgh)
- Acting for AIM listed energy company in CFO dismissal and litigation
- Six years as retained day-to-day HR adviser to London based college
- Providing formal and informal training to management, executive and HR teams on employment law topics incl. disciplinary and grievance management, redundancy consultation and managed exits
Key practices
David advises on the full suite of employment law and HR advice, regularly acting for both employers and individuals. His specialist experience includes:
- Day-to-day HR advice
- Employment Tribunal litigation and advocacy
- Employee / individual advice (eg Exits; Contractual terms and drafting, Restrictive Covenants)
- Constancy / freelance contracts and issues around employment status
- Disciplinary and grievance management
- Creating / reviewing company HR policies and procedures
- Restructure, redundancy and TUPE
- HR and management training
- Data protection and GDPR
Education & Training
University of Glasgow – MA (hons) Philosophy
The University of Edinburgh – LLB / Dip LP Law
Legal roles
Brodies LLP, Burness Paull LLP, Employment Law Consultant and ET Advocate.
A social cause I care about
David (and his family) have a particular interest in the rights and welfare of children, and are long standing supporters of Scottish charity, Aberlour Child Care.
As an employment lawyer and Dad to an autistic son, David is keenly interested in and attuned to the experiences and particular challenges of autistic people in employment.
Other interests
David lives in Edinburgh with his partner, two school age kids and a dog. He loves music and movies, somewhat plays jazz guitar and keeps medaka (Japanese rice fish) in pond pots in his garden.
