Employment lawyer in Gloucester - Nicky Cranfield

Nicky Cranfield

Head of Employment

Phone: 

07725521594

Email: 

nicky@ignition.law

Nicky is a seasoned employment lawyer in Gloucestershire and part of our core team here at Ignition Law in London. She has over 15 years of experience advising businesses and senior executives on a wide range of employment law matters.

As Head of Employment Law at Ignition Law, Nicky supports clients across the UK and internationally, with a particular focus on fast-growing SMEs and dynamic teams navigating complex people challenges.

Nicky trained at Eversheds LLP (now Eversheds Sutherland LLP), where she gained expertise advising employers across multiple sectors. She expanded her practice during her time at Fox Williams LLP, supporting senior executives, and further deepened her understanding of in-house needs through a virtual secondment to Amazon while working at Konexo.

Her work spans the entire employment lifecycle, from drafting contracts and policies to advising on disciplinary, grievance, and discrimination matters. She is highly experienced in managing senior executive exits, drafting settlement agreements, and navigating complex reorganisations and TUPE in business transfers.

Nicky is passionate about helping businesses stay ahead in the ever-evolving landscape of employment law. Her pragmatic, business-focused advice empowers her clients to make informed decisions and maintain compliance while supporting their teams.

Relevant experience includes:

  • Drafting a suite of employment documentation for a start-up Intellectual Property law firm, including: employment and consultancy agreements; a staff handbook and associated policies, and an employee privacy notice;
  • Assisting a digital media client to implement a flexible homeworking scheme and cross-border employment and consultancy contracts;
  • Supporting a restauranteur client through the Covid19 crisis and advising on furlough agreements for its employees;
  • Being a first point of contact for day-to-day HR queries for numerous clients;
  • Advising founders on their exits (and companies on founder exits), particularly in relation to the interplay between the concurrent roles of employee, director and shareholder;
  • Acting for a magazine publisher client to defend allegations of breach of contract, harassment, sex discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal;
  • Securing a substantial settlement for a senior executive, against a FTSE 100 Company, in a case involving potential constructive dismissal, whistleblowing, sex discrimination and age discrimination;
  • Managing a collective redundancy consultation for a US parent company, in relation to its manufacturing sites in the UK;
  • Advising an IT infrastructure provider on a second generation outsourcing and associated restructure and redundancies;
  • Providing employment law support in relation to the €1.7billion acquisition of the packaging division of a Swedish company, including collating employment law advice from over 20 jurisdictions in respect of information and consultation requirements.

Fine Print

Key practices

Employment

Education

University of Leeds and BPP Law School

Legal roles

Eversheds Sutherland LLP, Fox Williams LLP, Konexo

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association

A social cause I care about

I am a trustee for a local charity called PATA, which supports the development of high quality, accessible early years childcare for all.

Other interests

Spending time with my family, which usually involves some energetic activities to tire out the kids: be that bike riding, puddle jumping and trampolining at home, or fun on the beach or the slopes when we are on holiday – we don’t sit still much! So the perfect antidote is to relax with a glass of red wine and a good book once the kids are in bed.

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