Louise Fernandes-Owen is a Senior Associate (PSL) in our
Employment and Pensions Group.
Louise trained and worked as an employment solicitor in the
City, and has broad experience of both contentious and
non-contentious employment law issues. She has advised employers on
a wide variety of matters, ranging from employee status, sickness
absence, disciplinary and grievance issues to whistleblowing and
harassment allegations, TUPE transfers, collective redundancies,
unfair dismissal and complex discrimination issues.
Louise produces a wide variety of client-focused publications on
employment law issues, including briefing notes, newsletters and
fortnightly email alerters on recent developments. She organises
internal training, designs bespoke training programmes for clients
and co-ordinates the Group's annual seminar and workshop training
programme. Her role also entails producing guidance and precedent
documentation for use within the Group.
Louise has written widely for HR, legal and national
publications, including Personnel Today, People Management,
Employment Law Journal, Solicitors Journal, Legal Week and The
Financial Times. Louise has also written a practice note for PLC, a
legal information provider, and has co-written and edited a
specialist employment law text for the HR and legal market.
Louise has spoken at external conferences on employment law
issues, most recently on the Equality Act 2010 and disability
discrimination issues, and has also spoken at a conference for
Professional Support Lawyers.