Meet Our Team

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Hannah is an experienced Employment Solicitor, Tribunal advocate and is CEO and the sole founder of Han Law.

Disillusioned by the traditional business model which too often failed to deliver the best for her clients, herself and her team, Hannah set up Han Law in 2019 with the goal of improving working lives for all.

Hannah takes a fresh, modern and fun approach to employment law, where innovation and creativity go hand in hand with technical ability and a life beyond the office.

Hannah’s a passionate advocate for equal rights in the workplace. She regularly presents and writes on the topic and during the Covid-19 Pandemic, she launched a campaign for employers to be more transparent about potential redundancies, to better protect women’s rights in the workplace.

When she’s not being taxi service to her two boys, Hannah can be found playing football, cooking and generally just having fun.

Jessica is a specialist employment lawyer, providing commercial and pragmatic advice on all aspects of employment law.  As well as dealing with the whole spectrum of Employment Tribunal claims, Jessica regularly assists clients to navigate complex HR aspects of business change such as redundancy and TUPE.  

Jessica advises clients on all manner of employment issues including complex investigations and whistleblowing, disciplinary and grievance processes, and terminations and settlement negotiations.  She also regularly conducts audits of contracts of employment and handbooks and consultancy arrangements. 

Away from work, Jessica is a busy Mum of two small children. 

Gaynor is a senior employment law solicitor renowned for her reliable expertise and commitment to attentively listening to our clients' needs. She describes herself as an employment law generalist and, while she is well-versed in the dynamics of the Employment Tribunal in the first instance, she often seeks to prioritize the commercial resolution of disputes, striving to spare all parties the stress and financial strain of litigation when possible.

Colleagues and clients often refer to Gaynor as 'a breath of fresh air,' a solicitor with a healthy sense of humour and a transparent communication style. Her straightforward approach is always tempered with kindness and a genuine understanding of the emotional weight that workplace disputes can impose on everyone involved. She aims to provide legal advice with a blend of professional rigor and compassionate insight, aiming for an efficient and effective resolution of employee relations issues whenever possible.

Outside of work, Gaynor is passionate about triathlons. In 2023, she competed for the Great British Age Group (GBR) team at the World and European Championships in Madrid and Pontevedra. She has once again qualified for 2024 and will be heading to Malaga and Ibiza in her GBR kit later in the year.

Lisa grew up in Belfast with a desire to broaden her horizons but no idea how, as her Dad said an education was wasted on a girl.

Ever the rebel, she excelled at school and escaped on a ferry, ending up in Manchester with no money studying law and then, after clambering up the corporate ladder, gaining a post-graduate qualification in Human Resource Management. By that time she was in her thirties, on the leadership team of the largest consultancy business in the UK and Ireland, and the proud mother of two motorcycles, a campervan and a dog. So simply no time for marriage or children.

Before rising to a directorship in a global company and becoming bored with meetings and spreadsheets, Lisa cut her teeth advising and representing employers, and that is where her heart lies, so she does a lot of that these days. Lisa is also a regular columnist in industry magazines, writing on business, politics and economic policy. She enjoys appearing at speaking events and has dabbled in radio and television. With over 25 years industry experience and as a veteran of many complex employment cases, Lisa qualified in recent years as a mediator, because sometimes it is good to find the middle-ground, right?

Lisa also provides leadership coaching, trains managers and HR professionals in all aspects of HR and Employment Law. Lisa has a stellar CV as an effective trouble-shooter, often hired to get into the heart of a business, rally the stakeholders and get the train back on the rails. When she isn’t being wonderful, Lisa is usually travelling, DJing or getting into intense, but healthy, political debates with anyone who will listen. And of course her Dad ate his words years ago!

Laura is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, Chartered member of The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Associate Chartered Institute of Legal Executives member with a certificate in employment practice and works as legal counsel.

She is a highly experienced HR and employment law professional with 17+ years experience, specialising in employment law, organisational development, mediation, employment relations and litigation. Laura has an enhanced DBS with security clearance to work on confidential cases and prides herself on getting straight to the point for clients with a series of jargon-free options in each situation she is advising on.

In her spare time, Laura enjoys spending time in Florida with her children, riding her motorbike, reading books and doing the odd pub quiz - she’s a “country girl” at heart.

Georgie graduated from Durham University in 2014 with a politics degree. She was lucky enough to have secured her training contract during her final year so spent time putting her Spanish A level to good use travelling around South America before embarking on her legal career.

Georgie trained and qualified within Big Law. She was exposed to a broad spectrum of work including: corporate support; TUPE transactional support; redundancies; performance disciplinaries; harassment advice; equal pay; employment contracts; settlement agreements; whistleblowing litigation; furlough and general HR advice. Despite enjoying transactional support she wished to move away from a deal-led environment and made the decision to move to GQ Littler in 2021.

During this period, Georgie was diagnosed with ADHD after suffering from bouts of depression and anxiety which did not make sense to her. Basic aspects of working life seemed incredibly difficult in comparison to her peers. She decided to take a sabbatical, became a ski instructor and undertook deep work into researching and managing her symptoms.

Han Law is the perfect environment for her to continue to develop as an employment lawyer whilst also coupling her passion for ADHD inclusivity with her practice. She is a qualified coach and can offer individuals and businesses advice and coaching to capitalise on the brilliant talents of ADHD brains.

Laura is a qualified employment lawyer with in-house experience. Having also worked as a HR policy, strategy and ER lead in the public and private sectors, she has a preferred focus on pre-litigated decision making and empowering managers with the tools and knowledge they need to mitigate risk and to promote positive employee relations. She is available for complex investigations, and as a point of escalation for complex ER cases. She believes in ethical decision making, and commits to achieving this commercially. She has experience in negotiating settlements on behalf of both employers and employees and considers this to be a vital commercial strategy to avoid the risk and expense of resorting to an ET.

Outside of work, Laura is a mum to Primrose and Frederick. Consultancy has given her the freedom to explore what it means to her to have ADHD, and to spend more time doing what she loves: reading, writing and travelling with her family. 

Katharine qualified as an employment lawyer in 2009 with a well-known London practice, specialising in corporate and commercial clients. She later worked as the sole in-house employment lawyer for a multi-million pound charity, with over 1000 staff members, overseeing all its employment law and employee relations matters. Her focus is on advising businesses and employers on their HR and employment law needs. 

This includes advising on employment status, drafting contracts from the junior end up to director level, assisting businesses with specific issues involving individual employees, providing guidance and training on running all ACAS procedures (e.g. a performance procedure), advising on general HR policies (e.g. a maternity leave policy) and advising on managing exits and settlement agreements.

Katharine is very approachable and will listen to your needs. She takes care to ensure that her advice is to the point and easy to follow.

Natalie is an experienced HR professional, who also qualified as an employment lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer more years ago than she cares to count. She’s a naturally curious and empathetic “people person” who’s committed to enabling organisations to be better places for people to work.

Her work-related passions are strategy, culture, people experience and equality, diversity and inclusion – and the synergies between those crucial enablers of organisational performance.

Natalie’s experience in the most senior HR roles, including at HR Director level, in various large, complex organisations has given her a comprehensive grasp of the multifaceted challenges and opportunities such roles present.

She is married with two children and two dogs. Outside of work she loves zip wires, roller coasters and singing (her 2022 and 2023 highlights were recording albums with her choir).