Gillian Hutchison

Gillian is a Managing Associate who is responsible for the provision of employment services, working for clients across the UK.

Gillian has a number of years of experience of advising clients on a range of legal employment matters, and has also worked for over 14 years in senior HR management roles, with responsibility for all employment and people matters for businesses. Gillian also has a strong corporate and business background, having started her legal career advising on a wide range of corporate transactions and commercial matters. During her HR career, she managed businesses through TUPE transfers, restructuring, redundancy processes and mergers.

Gillian has a wide range of legal experience, and her years of working in HR roles equip her well to understand the reality of the legal employment-related challenges faced by clients. She will balance the risks with commercial and practical advice, seeking to help guide clients through challenging situations.

Gillian is an experienced lawyer and MCIPD qualified HR professional, with a number of years of experience advising legal clients on employment law matters, both contentious and non contentious. Through her years of legal and also HR experience, she has managed and advised on matters relating to the full employee life-cycle, such as employment contracts, disciplinary and grievance matters, terminations and managed exits, Equality and Diversity issues, TUPE transfers and mergers, alongside experience of contentious matters and tribunal cases. She has provided employment law and HR training to legal clients, together with providing ongoing HR advisory support and opinions.