Kayleigh Leonie

Senior Associate

About

Kayleigh specialises in employment law and advises clients on a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters.

She acts for a wide range of clients, including private equity houses, major corporates and partnership structures. Her practice spans day-to-day HR advisory work, business-wide change programmes such as restructurings, redundancies and TUPE transfers, and contractual issues including bonus arrangements and restrictive covenants.

She also has extensive experience in Employment Tribunal disputes, providing strategic advice on litigation tactics and negotiating commercial settlements.

Qualified in England and Wales, 2012.

Experience

  • Advising Hayfin on its agreement with Arctos Partners, a private investment firm, to support a management buyout of the business, acquiring British Columbia Management Corporation’s majority stake.
  • Advising long-standing client Hayfin on its strategic partnerships with Mubadala Investment Company and AXA IM Prime.
  • Advising long-standing client Hayfin on its strategic partnership with Samsung Life Insurance.
  • Advising Isio on the debt financing, management equity and management employment arrangements in connection with Isio’s agreement to acquire Deloitte Total Reward and Benefits Limited (DTRB), the UK pensions advisory business of Deloitte LLP.

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