Rena Magdani

Rena's work has included a range of contentious and non-contentious matters including discrimination, equal pay, unfair dismissal, outsourcing, TUPE, redundancy, business restructuring programs and providing strategic HR advice. She is recognised as a leading employment lawyer in the Legal 500 and Chambers.

Recent work

• Advising a building society on a restructuring programme involving large scale redundancies and variation to terms and conditions of employment
• Advising a multi-national security software company on the TUPE implications of off-shoring
• Advising a distribution company on the TUPE implications of winning a commercial warehousing and distribution contract
• Successfully defending a national powered access company (including the advocacy) in a five day disability discrimination claim involving direct and indirect discrimination, and victimisation
• Advising on the employment aspects of a major corporate transaction involving TUPE and large scale redundancies. Rena advised on due diligence information, warranties and indemnities in the sale and purchase agreement, TUPE consultation obligations and the implementation of collective redundancies following the transfer.
• Providing bespoke training to HR departments on a wide range of topics including, the Equality Act 2010, TUPE, implementing restructures and reorganisations in the workplace and handling disciplinary and grievance matters.

Cases

• Successfully defending a national logistics company (including the advocacy) in a four day unfair dismissal claim involving fraud.

Cases

• Successfully defending a county council (including the advocacy) in a seven day sex discrimination and unfair dismissal claim and successfully claiming substantial costs against the claimant.
• Successfully defending a University in a seven day Equal Pay case which was worth in excess of £200,000. Rena dealt with all aspects of the claim including advocacy at the hearing.