Margaret Welford │ Associate │ Employment | Southampton Skip to content

Margaret Welford

Associate - Employment

My experience

I am an employment specialist with over 17 years’ experience gained at leading international organisations. I advise both employers and employees across a wide range of industries and sectors on all aspects of employment law, including:

  • Employment contracts and directors’ service agreements;
  • Complex internal investigations, disciplinaries and grievances;
  • Performance and absence management processes;
  • Protected conversations and settlement agreements;
  • Redundancies and restructurings;
  • Staff policies and procedures;
  • Restrictive covenant enforceability;
  • Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal litigation;
  • Unfair and constructive dismissal;
  • Discrimination;
  • Whistleblowing; and
  • Corporate support advice during the sale and purchase of a company.

Having spent several years as a senior banking and finance lawyer, I have extensive, cross-practice commercial experience, providing me with a unique skillset to deliver outstanding legal advice to my clients. I thrive on providing strategic and commercial advice, mindful of the impact and stress that can often accompany employment law issues.

I am a member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) and hold project management qualifications at Prince2 foundation and practitioner levels.