Anna Byford

Specializing in UK employment law, Anna supports businesses to manage their people across the entire employment lifecycle, mitigating legal risk along the way and helping them to achieve better workplace cultures. From recruitment to departures, she helps navigate complex legislation and best practices, supporting businesses through periods of significant change like mergers, acquisitions, and large-scale restructuring.

Anna specializes in employee relations support and is particularly valued by her clients for balancing empathy in conflict situations against the commercial eye needed to achieve business goals. She guides organizations through sensitive situations, such as staff grievances and disciplinary procedures, workplace investigations, negotiated exits, and other departures. By anticipating legislative shifts and adapting to market pressures and technological advancements, her proactive, impactful advice, helps clients to make sure they’re not just compliant, but strategically positioned for future success.

What sets this work apart at Deloitte Legal for Anna is its creative working environment and vibrant ideas culture. With every voice encouraged and multidisciplinary collaboration at its core, Anna and her colleagues are constantly innovating to deliver clear, actionable advice that anticipates tomorrow's challenges.

Anna sees an exciting future of accelerated change for UK employment law. The landscape in the UK is undergoing the most significant developments in a generation thanks to the Employment Rights Bill, coupled with the transformative impact of technology and AI on the industry as a whole, requiring Anna and her teams to adapt their skillsets to meet the evolving demands of employers.