Danielle Lister

Danielle is an Employment Partner at Shakespeare Martineau, working in the Lincoln office. She has been practicing Employment law for over 16 years, including having successfully led a team of Employment lawyers in a previous position.

Danielle acts for a variety of clients from smaller and mid-sized organisations to large multi-national businesses, working across multiple sectors including manufacturing, facilities management, retail, education, police and armed forces, professional services, hospitality & food and drink.

Danielle’s employment expertise covers the full spectrum of employment law work including disciplinary and grievances, discrimination and unfair dismissal, whistleblowing, equal pay, employee investigations, TUPE/corporate support work, board-level terminations and employee related data protection matters.

Danielle is an experienced Employment Tribunal advocate and regularly delivers seminars on Employment related topics.

Danielle has also spent time working in-house within a large multi-national food manufacturing company. There, she handled all aspects of the commercial in-house legal function, with a particular focus on employment support and litigation, drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, and data protection work. Through this experience Danielle developed a strong commercial approach, and an understanding of how to work with businesses to mitigate risk and overcome challenges, whilst keeping the keen eye on the organisation’s commercial objectives.

Danielle’s commercial law experience includes drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts including NDA’s, Outsourcing Agreements, Framework Agreements, Manufacturing and Distribution, Transport and Logistics, IP Licencing Agreements and Standard Terms and Conditions.

Danielle understands that each client has a unique set of priorities and goals, and works hard to get to know her clients, understand their priorities and reach the best outcome that is specifically tailored to them.