Michelle Chance was also previously employment practice head at Rosenblatt and Womble Bond Dickinson
Top 30 UK firm HFW has hired Memery Crystal’s former head of contentious employment Michelle Chance to lead the firm’s London employment practice.
Chance joins as a partner, bringing with her 20 years of experience across a range of employment matters, including class action discrimination claims, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, internal investigations and bonus disputes. She advises clients across HFW’s core sectors – insurance, shipping and energy – as well as the media, professional and financial services industries. She will work alongside HFW’s general counsel Neil Adams and the rest of the firm’s employment team.
Jeremy Shebson, managing partner at HFW, said: “Michelle is a formidable litigator and negotiator, with significant experience advising clients across many of HFW's core sectors. She also has a proven record of building and leading successful employment practices at several law firms.”
Shebson added: “As well as being an outstanding lawyer, Michelle is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, having been on the D&I committees of each of the three firms at which she’s previously been a partner.”
Prior to her spell at Memery Crystal, Chance was head of employment at Rosenblatt and Womble Bond Dickinson, as well as a partner at Kingsley Napley. She also co-founded the Association of Professional Working Parents, where she spent more than six years.
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