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Hannah Crisp

Counsel

Hannah is a trusted advisor to clients across a number of sectors, including financial services and TMT, working with them to navigate their most sensitive people issues. 

Hannah has extensive experience acting for employers in disputes with current and former staff (including both employees and atypical workers) in the Employment Tribunal, the High Court and appellate courts.

Her work regularly involves supporting clients in navigating high-profile employment issues, including complex whistleblowing and discrimination issues, both advising on and conducting investigations involving senior and board level individuals, and senior exits.

Hannah also regularly works alongside colleagues across the firm’s regulatory, banking, corporate and IP practices to advise clients on the employment aspects of investigations, transactions and copyright infringement claims.

Experience

Representative matters

  • A multinational fintech in the pursuit of claims related to alleged misuse of confidential information and copyright infringement, and solicitation of employees in the High Court. 
  • A global financial institution in the defence of a whistleblowing and unfair dismissal claim, including the successful defence of an application for interim relief.
  • A multinational wealth management company on a complex investigation into anonymous whistleblowing allegations regarding historic advice.
  • A bank in the successful defence of a high-profile, complex whistleblowing claim brought by a former compliance professional, working with colleagues in our regulatory team on related advice. 
  • A global financial institution in the defence of discrimination and victimisation claims by a job applicant in the Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal.

Pro bono

  • Advising on the employment aspects of the merger of four Welsh mental health and substance misuse charities and the creation of a new charity, Adferiad Recovery.
  • Advising a disability charity on obligations under UK discrimination law to support a project encouraging third parties to make reasonable adjustments.

Published Work

  • “Innocent until proven knowing” (2020), Article in ELA Briefing

Speaking Engagements

  • Guest speaker, Introduction to the UK SMCR, Financial Services Lawyers Association (Junior Lawyers event), January 2023

 

Leadership Positions And Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Employment Lawyers Association (UK)

Recognition

Hannah has a great commercial mindset and is an encyclopaedia of information in terms of the law
Chambers & Partners, 2024
She is really detail-oriented and has great judgement
Chambers & Partners, 2024

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2014

Academic

LLB (Hons), Law, College of Law, 2011

BA (Hons), History, University College London, 2009

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.