Jennifer Holyoake

she/herLegal Director
London
About

Jennifer Holyoake advises employers on all areas of employment law (contentious and non-contentious).

Jennifer’s capabilities include: advising on and negotiating the employment aspects of business transfers and outsourcings; defending large class action litigation; advising on senior executive and LLP issues; advising on the impact of AI; the implementation of local and international projects and change programmes; advising on the application of regulatory requirements in the financial services sector to all aspects of the employment lifecycle.

Jennifer advises a multitude of local and global clients, many of whom are in the financial services, technology, insurance and retail sectors.

Areas of FocusFinancial ServicesTechnologyInsuranceArtificial Intelligence and Data AnalyticsConsumer Goods, Food and RetailRetail and FashionEmployment

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a leading investment bank on the consolidation of 12 incumbent suppliers to one new supplier globally: including the co-ordination and assimilation of advice from 10 countries and the negotiation of the global employment terms with the new supplier.

  • Advising on defending a high value class action regarding alleged worker status for a key client in the technology sector which involved complex and unprecedented employment issues. 

  • Providing innovative advice on building a global framework for assessing the HR impact arising from the adoption of Artificial Intelligence systems in all areas of a client’s business in the consumer goods, food and retail sector.
  • Advising multiple clients in the financial services sector on the implementation and application of the Senior Managers and Certification regime and applicable Remuneration Codes: including drafting the necessary contractual protections, policies and, more recently, advising on their application to payments made in cryptocurrency. 

  • Advising a key global client on defending a large class action involving a multitude of allegations, including failure to collectively consult on redundancies, employment status and unlawful deduction of wages. 

  • Advising an international insurer on the employment implications of a global strategic partnership alliance with their new supplier, coordinating related international advice and leading the negotiations of the employment schedule within the global outsourcing agreement.
Languages
  • English
Education
  • University of Sheffield LLB Law (Hons), 2006

Other Qualifications

  • University of Sheffield Legal Practice Course

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Employment Lawyers Association

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