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Charissa Upton

Charissa Upton

UK 2026

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About

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UK

Practice Areas

Charissa is a senior associate in the employment team in Cambridge. She advises corporate and private clients on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious, in a broad range of industry sectors, including financial services, utilities, technology, retail and leisure, and professional services. Building on her financial services experience, Charissa has also spent time working as part of the employee relations team at a major investment bank.

With a strong track record across employment status, unfair dismissal, discrimination, business transfers, restructuring and redundancies, contracts of employment, restrictive covenants, consultancy agreements, disciplinary and grievance matters, as well as corporate transactions, Charissa aims to provide commercial and pragmatic advice in all matters.

Career

Charissa qualified in 2004 and joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2018 after more than 10 years at another City law firm.

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Employment - East Anglia

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Charissa Upton is a managing associate based in the firm's Cambridge office. She has notable experience advising clients on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters across multiple sectors, with particular expertise in the life sciences industry and emerging companies.

Strengths

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  • Charissa has a depth of experience and takes a pragmatic approach.

    EmploymentChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Charissa is a gem - knowledgeable, responsive and extremely commercial with a keen attention to detail.

    EmploymentChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • Charissa is great.

    EmploymentChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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East Anglia

London (Firms)

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