Leah Aschettino

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Leah Aschettino

Leah Aschettino

Senior Associate


London
  1. People /

Leah Aschettino

Leah Aschettino

Senior Associate


London

Leah Aschettino

Senior Associate

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 3398

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Biography

Leah is a Senior Associate in the Employment & Labor department where she advises on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.

Leah has been involved in defending a number of Employment Tribunal cases, including cases involving discrimination and complex whistleblowing complaints. She also has a particular interest in data protection issues in the workplace and has managed and advised on complex data subject access requests.

Leah recently undertook a secondment to a large financial institution where she provided in-house employment law advice on a variety of workplace matters including disciplinary and grievance processes and Covid-19 issues.

Leah is actively involved in BCLP’s pro-bono programme and advises a number of charitable organisations. She also sits on the executive committee of the London Young Lawyers Group.

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