Suki Harrar
“So proud to have you as part of our extended team” — HR Director, aviation company
Suki provides employment support to both employers and senior executives. She has the depth of experience in advising on the full spectrum of employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious. She prides herself on being able to connect with a variety of clients and provide pragmatic solutions.
As well as being a qualified employment lawyer delivering strategic legal solutions, Suki is also CIPD qualified enabling her to deliver practical solutions for individual business needs.
Her employer clients range from SME’s through to global companies. When acting for employers she invests time in understanding the client’s organisation and in particular its culture and values as she respects one size does not fit all. She has undertaken a 12 month in house secondment with a global technology leader as Senior Legal Counsel so has first-hand experience of being in the “client’s shoes.” As well as being hands on in day to day workplace issues Suki is particularly well versed in large scale restructures and redundancies and has been involved in a number of projects with Senior Management Teams of clients to deliver their people strategy.
A HR Director in a large corporate she supported commented:
“ The practical nature of your advice and the speed of your delivery is what makes you a unique and essential part of our extended team. You have worked seamlessly across our business, and we appreciate and trust you as our advisor.”
Suki delivers HR training to managers and executives, tailored to business needs to empower them to manage staff efficiently and provides employment law updates to HR teams to keep them abreast of changes.
Suki also supports senior executives and directors in agreeing exits for them. Suki has acted for several high-profile executives in complex exit negotiations securing favourable terms. She is a strong negotiator who puts up a good fight for her clients.
A Senior Executive says:
“ Your advice and support have been second to none. I was so comforted that you were on my side, you listened to my issues and offered me options and recommendations. You fought my corner to negotiate the complex settlement that I would not otherwise have achieved.”
Clients praise Suki for being “straightforward” with her advice which is always “strategic and responsive.”
Suki is married with two young children with whom she spends most of her free time undertaking creative activities. She is passionate about children and is a keen volunteer reading champion at a local primary school.
EUROPEAN OD MANAGER, MANUFACTURING
I am so glad that I have you to advise and guide us, a really safe pair of hands; I find your advice practical and clear to understand. You are concise and really understand our business which is reflected in the support you provide.
GLOBAL HR DIRECTOR, AVIATION
Suki, you have advised our organisation for over 15 years, you have always demonstrated attention to detail and have clearly explained our options and helped us to understand and manage and mitigate risks; we are so proud to have you as our extended team.
CEO OF CONSULTANCY COMPANY
As a senior executive I was looking for an employment lawyer who would really believed in me and my case and would fight my corner, well that is exactly what I got with Suki. I was honoured to have her represent me in a highly sensitive matter which she undertook with exemplary professionalism and I granted her the title “Ironknickers” as a compliment as to how she fought for me and cleared my name. Suki was a pleasure to work and I would highly recommend her.
HRD LOGISTICS COMPANY
I have worked with Suki on transactional matters undertaking TUPE outsourcing and she worked really well as part of our wider team. She undertook reviews of the Service Level Agreement, made necessary changes to protect our interests and went beyond and was creative in some of the indemnities she negotiated and drafted. I would recommend Suki for TUPE and associated transactional support.
SENIOR EXECUTIVE
Thank you so much for all your support over these last few months. You have honestly been, quite frankly, nothing short of amazing. I will always recommend you most highly to others. I feel so lucky to have been able to engage an expert like you; you made such a negative experience with my employer into something very positive experience for me.
CEO MULTI-SITE CARE HOME
Suki has undertaken employment and HR work for our organisation for over 15 years. She has supported our HR managers in all round issues relating to people. She explains matters in simple terms and does not sit on the fence with her advice. She recently handled a very complex disciplinary and grievance brought by two of our employees and as a result we were able to remove them from our business quickly and with little exposure. Suki really focuses on achieving the desired outcome for her clients and sees matters through the client’s eyes. A great lawyer who we would not be without.
DIRECTOR, PROPERTY COMPANY
I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your help in us reaching a settlement. It is never easy picking up a case halfway through but your excellent work made this a seamless transition. We all agree that instructing you was the best decision we made on this case and you will be our first port of call for all employment advice going forward. I look forward to working with you again.
SENIOR DIRECTOR AT INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE
It's been an emotional journey for me and I genuinely appreciated your calm collected and supportive guidance and direction. I would highly recommend you and your service to anyone. Thank you so much.
Thank you for helping me with this and bringing this to a very amicable solution and with your help, support, guidance and advice and your calm demeanour, helped to bring this hard negotiation to an end to my satisfaction. I would not hesitate to recommend you to anyone for your services in future. You are worth every penny.
ACCOUNTANT, PUBLIC SERVICES