Lara Fatemi

Lara is an Associate Director in Osborne Clarke's employment team and is based in London. She is particularly experienced in providing transactional, advisory and litigation employment support to private equity houses and their portfolios.

Lara advises on a wide variety of employment matters including employment disputes, post termination restraints, harassment and discrimination investigations, dismissals and restructurings.

Lara is particularly experienced in advising on the employment side as part of corporate transactions (including private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments, IPOs and on the buy and sale side of M&A transactions). Her clients include a range of private equity houses and portfolios, VC companies and listed businesses. Lara also regularly advises management teams on their employment terms as part of private equity investments.

Lara has assisted in a variety of cross jurisdictional matters and has spent time working with the employment team in Osborne Clarke’s Milan office. Whilst she supports clients across a range of sectors, she has particular expertise in advising businesses in the TMC and Financial Services sectors.

As one of the employment team's data protection specialists, Lara regularly advises on data protection related employment issues including data subject access requests and employee monitoring.

"Lara is incredibly responsive and a joy with which to work. [She] has done a wonderful job of making [this matter] as smooth as possible and – dare I say – enjoyable at times."

Chief Legal Officer of a Global Consultancy Company

Helping you succeed in tomorrow's world

My approach to supporting clients is very future focused and I regularly advise employers on the future of work challenges and opportunities. I am also very passionate about social diversity within the legal profession and as Co-Chair of Osborne Clarke's Social Diversity Committee, I am actively involved in the firm's diversity initiatives.