Meet the team

PARTNER

Having qualified in 2000 Daniel worked at Speechly Bircham before taking partnership at the international law firm K&L Gates in 2008. Prior to founding Osborne & Wise he was also an equity partner at Fladgate. Daniel is dual qualified as both a barrister and a solicitor and works as an employment law specialist with employers and employees across all market sectors. He also acts as a trusted advisor to a number of SMEs and entrepreneurs, bringing together specialists from niche firms in other legal areas.

Daniel Wise is a Senior Partner and Compliance Officer and deals with all Regulatory issues on behalf of the firm. Further details of our regulatory obligations can be found here.

Daniel is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and writes regularly for publications including the Times newspaper. He was also recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the international charity the Theodora Children’s Trust.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Penny practiced as an employment law specialist at international law firm Salans and at Excello Law and has significant experience advising on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. Her areas of expertise include discrimination, unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, redundancies, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions (due diligence, TUPE, contract negotiations), drafting employment contracts, handbooks and settlement agreements and HR support (advice on disciplinary and grievance procedures, bullying and harassment, maternity and other parental rights).

Penny advises both corporate and individual clients. She understands the importance of practical, commercial and human solutions to what can often be emotive issues. Penny has contributed to Butterworths’ Employment Law Guide, one of the principal texts for employment law practitioners and is also a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

SENIOR ASSOCIATE

Louise qualified at Irwin Mitchell in London before working as a senior lawyer at Capsticks. She has more recently spent time working with a law firm focusing on Microsoft business partners and has developed a wealth of experience in the corporate/commercial side of employment law.

Louise has considerable experience of employment litigation, representing employers for many years at Tribunal across London and the southeast. Additionally she has more recently worked with various businesses on the non contentious side of employment law providing pragmatic advice on day-to-day employment and HR issues, as well as strategic advice for example in relation to TUPE, restrictive covenants and redundancies.

She also advises employee clients and understands the stress which accompanies disputes at work.  Her approach is to provide supportive but straight forward and cost-effective advice to individuals.  Louise assists employees with matters including exit negotiations, grievances, and litigation.

Louise is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.  She has appeared on local television and radio to discuss employment issues.   

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION AND CULTURE SPECIALIST

Jinan is an award-winning Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Culture specialist. She supports organisations to meaningfully engage with complex questions around trust, inclusion, and belonging. Jinan’s clients have ranged from multinational corporations to global foundations and NGOs addressing topics such as allyship and championship, building inclusive cultures, and barriers to employment and progression. She has supported the rollout of DEI initiatives across global markets, trained senior leaders on inclusive leadership approaches, and provided specialised training to Employee Resource Groups. Jinan regularly appears on panel events discussing culture and equity in the workplace, she has written for publications such as The Guardian, New Statesman, and gal-dem and has contributed chapters to two books, "I Call Myself a Feminist" and "I Will Not Be Erased".

Jinan was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge University, with a degree in Theology.

HR PROFESSIONAL

Kate is an experienced HR professional with a long career working in senior HR roles in the private sector. Latterly as an HR Consultant she supports a wide variety of businesses with their people issues.

Kate’s areas of expertise is across all HR related practices and she has a specialism acting as an out-sourced HR specialist running investigations into grievance, disciplinary and other internal processes.

Kate is an Associate member of the CIPD and a qualified and accredited workplace mediator. In addition to her employee relations expertise, Kate also provides fractional HR support to businesses who have no, or minimal, in house HR support.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINER & LEADERSHIP COACH

Katie is a professional trainer and leadership coach. The focus of Katie’s training portfolio is around health and well-being in the workplace. Training topics include creating and implementing corporate strategies in managing ill health absence; the broader corporate approach to dealing with and avoiding burnout; and the positive impacts of how to minimise stress and maximise profitability. She works in a variety of market sectors including finance and technology.

Katie is also a frequent contributor to podcasts and other broadcasting outlets, and was recently interviewed by author and podcaster Mo Gawdat on “Mo Gowdat: Unstressable with Katie Maycock”. She is also a creator for the JAAQ platform.

OFFICE MANAGER

Emma joins us from a diverse background having worked in the operational side of universities and financial training companies. Emma manages our firm’s back office function with a focus on accounts, billing and finance.