Emma Johnston
Managing Senior Associate
30th Floor, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre, 1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020
+86 10 8519 0011
50th Floor, Central Plaza, 18 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
+852 2521 5621
Room 4605, Park Place, 1601 Nanjing West Road, Jing An District, Shanghai, 200040
+8621 6321 1166
Suite 2405, 24/F, SCIA Tower, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, 518000
+86 755 6123 5666
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Managing Senior Associate
Emma specialises in advising Financial Services clients and is the employment lead on IR35 and contingent worker models. She focuses on contentious matters including complex discrimination and whistleblowing complaints.
Emma is a trusted employment adviser of several Financial Services firms, advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters. She regularly defends complex discrimination and whistleblowing Tribunal litigation and has experience of defending a high profile claim involving 26 parties. She is also experienced in co-ordinating complex cross-border projects involving employees situated in several jurisdictions.
Emma is the employment lead in our workforce models specialism and works seamlessly with our tax and commercial contracts teams to provide holistic advice in this area.
She is known for providing user-friendly and innovative advice to clients.
Account Manager
At Vario, James is responsible for supporting the firm and our clients in assessing, identifying and successfully delivering the best specialist legal resource available.
Managing Senior Associate
Sarah specialises in commercial and regulatory disputes, with a focus on financial services litigation. She has extensive experience in high value, large-scale and complex multi-jurisdictional litigation. She has advised pillar banks and regulated entities regarding investigations and tribunals of inquiry.
Legal Director
Graeme is in our corporate team who advises clients on a range of matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, investments and corporate governance. Graeme has a particular focus on the advanced manufacturing and technology and energy sectors.
MLS Lawyer
With a background in commercial technology and IP, Ghadieja advises global clients on a wide range of contracting needs. She delivers clear, practical guidance and supports tech enabled contract delivery that streamlines processes, manages legal risk and ensures consistent, high quality commercial outcomes.
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