Tessa Cranfield

Pay transparency and DEI issues

• Advising various multinational employers on roll out of new pay structures and processes for compliance with the European Pay Transparency Directive on a Europe-wide basis.

Alternative global hiring models

• Advised on hiring structures and employment documentation across multiple countries for various expanding Technology and Biotech/ Pharma clients.

Contested terminations and regulation

• Advised multiple clients in financial services and other sectors on senior level investigations and terminations, including director breach of duty and insolvency, in the UK and MENA

Global restructuring

• Advised multiple clients on group changes to terms and benefits and employment terminations across multiple country locations as part of cost reductions and integrations.

Tessa Cranfield is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital and Compliance practice in the London office. Tessa helps clients manage complex cross-border workforce issues with a particular focus on the UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa. With more than 20 years of experience, Tessa provides clients with practical, commercially driven solutions, focused on the needs of global employers.

Tessa’s practice navigates the full life cycle of workforce compliance and transactional issues. She works with clients to address global issues and projects including:

• Pay transparency and DEI issues
• Workforce projects including advising on hiring structures and misclassification issues
• Investigations
• M&A including post-acquisition integrations, restructurings and global mobility

She supports a range of clients from emerging to public companies across industries including technology, finance, manufacturing and professional services.