Tabitha Al-Mahdawie Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel

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Tabitha specialises in all aspects of employment law and has a particular specialism in employee data privacy.

Tabitha predominantly advises employers and while she works with clients in a broad range of sectors, she has particular experience in advising major corporates, hedge funds and private equity houses.

She advises on a broad range of employment law issues including corporate transactions, TUPE, restrictive covenant disputes, contentious matters such as high-value employment tribunal claims and day-to-day work place issues.

Her data privacy practice includes advising on issues the rights of individuals, including data subject access requests, data breaches and employee monitoring. She is a certified member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Qualified in England and Wales, 2014.

Expertise

Recent work

Private equity firm

Advising a private equity firm on the contested terms of departure, including in relation to leaver status under carried interest and associated schemes.

Multi-national business

Defending a multi-national business against an unfair dismissal claim from a senior executive.

High profile employer

Advising a high profile employer on the settlement of unfair dismissal and age discrimination by a senior employee.

Financial institution

Advising a financial institution on a complex whistleblowing claim.

Direct and indirect post termination restrictions

Advising on direct and indirect post termination restrictions in employment and partnership arrangements.

Investec

Advising Investec on the employment aspects of an all-share combination of Investec Wealth & Investment Limited and Rathbones Group plc to create the UK’s leading discretionary wealth manager with approximately £100 billion in funds under management and administration.

Seven Investment Management

Advising on the employment aspects of the sale of Seven Investment Management, a vertically integrated wealth management business, to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.

Data breach

Advising on the data privacy and employment aspects of a high-profile data breach by an employee.

Data subject access requests

Advising on a series of complex data subject access requests.

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