Sarah Verrecchia

Managing Associate

Sarah is an employment lawyer who advises both businesses and senior employees on the full spectrum of employment matters.

Sarah has extensive experience acting on both sides of the negotiating table and understands the impact that dealing with stressful employment situations can have on everyone involved.

For employers, Sarah advises on the full lifecycle of the employment relationship and has particular experience in guiding businesses through sensitive investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes, often involving allegations of sexual harassment. Sarah is an experienced litigator, regularly advising on the defence of complex Employment Tribunal claims. These clients range from household names to early-stage companies.

For senior employees, Sarah negotiates employment contracts and benefit packages, advises on challenging issues arising during employment which often relate to discrimination and harassment and supports senior employees with their exits, settlement negotiations and Employment Tribunal claims.

Sarah also has particular expertise advising high net worth and high profile individuals on household and private office employment matters. For these clients she provides an employment lawyer led bespoke HR service, dealing with redundancy, disciplinary, grievance and settlement processes, making matters as simple and as stress-free for the client as possible and works closely with the media and information group to manage any reputational risks. She previously spent time on secondment working in house for the multi-family private office arm of an independent investment group in London.

Since 2022, Sarah has been recognised as a ‘Key Lawyer’ in both the Employment: Senior Executive and Employment: Employer categories of The Legal 500. She has featured on BBC Radio and has been quoted in multiple publications, including The Sunday Times. Sarah is a member of the Employment Lawyers’ Association.