Hollie Ryan
Partner
Employment
Hollie advises clients on strategic HR issues and contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She regularly assists with the drafting of contracts and employment policies and procedures, advising on dismissals and exit terms, collective redundancies and restructurings and complex grievance and disciplinary matters. Hollie also advises on the employment aspects of corporate acquisitions, disposals and outsourcing arrangements.
Hollie also has experience of bringing and defending employment tribunal claims, including unfair dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing claims.
She is also experienced in advising overseas clients on setting up and expanding their businesses in the UK.
Hollie qualified as a solicitor in 2013.
Hollie works primarily in our Guildford office but also collaborates closely with colleagues in our other locations.
Work highlights
OFFSHORE ARRANGEMENTS
Advising a large research company on its offshoring arrangements.
DISCRIMINATION CLAIM
Defending and successfully negotiating favourable settlement terms for a large tech company facing a complex discrimination and whistleblowing claim.
REDUNDANCY
Advising a large telecoms company on a collective redundancy exercise and various complex employee disputes.
SENIOR EXIT
Assisting a production company with the drafting and negotiation of settlement terms for several senior exits.
CEO EXIT
Acting for a CEO in negotiating favourable exit terms from a large hospitality group and his subsequent appointment as a consultant.
Recent articles
Podcasts
WhatsApp is a fast platform to communicate, but anything expressed in writing may later be scrutinised in litigation or internal processes.
10/06/2026
Podcasts
In this latest podcast, our employment experts explore how forthcoming legislative changes, recent case law and European developments could reshape whistleblowing policies in UK workplaces
17/02/2026
Podcasts
Employers often have to deal with situations where an employee has committed acts of, or is facing allegations of, misconduct in the workplace and there is the potential for a lot to go wrong.
14/11/2025
Announcements
Hollie Ryan brings over 11 years of experience and expertise in both contentious and non-contentious employment and HR matters.
04/03/2025