Helen Beech

Practice Areas

Helen Beech is partner in the employment team, and Director of Forbury People, an HR consultancy owned by Clarkslegal.

Helen has over 20 years’ experience in employment and HR related matters. She has been involved in a significant number of high profile employment matters ranging from complex restructurings, change programmes and TUPE transfers to acting for both companies and individuals negotiating settlement packages, often in situations involving complex discrimination issues, ranging from disability, transgender and race discrimination as well as equal pay cases, often combined with whistleblowing allegations and reputation management challenges.

Helen is frequently recognised as a leading lawyer by a number of the legal guides including Chambers and Legal 500 for her focus on complex restructures, change programmes and TUPE matters. She also supports clients with finding solutions through training and employee engagement programmes.

Her expertise and longstanding trusted relationships with clients ensures practical and commercial solutions for businesses, drawing on other practice areas and specialist experience within the HR consultancy.

Redundancy / Restructuring

Helen has supported a number of major clients during the process of implementing changes to or closures of final salary or other pension schemes, managing the election process from start to finish, including the auto-enrolment process, working with pension advisors to those facing the enrolment challenge.

TUPE and business transfers

Helen has supported a number of major clients during the process of implementing changes to or closures of final salary or other pension schemes, managing the election process from start to finish, including the auto-enrolment process, working with pension advisors to those facing the enrolment challenge.

Pension changes and auto-enrolment

Helen has supported a number of major clients during the process of implementing changes to or closures of final salary or other pension schemes, managing the election process from start to finish, including the auto-enrolment process, working with pension advisors to those facing the enrolment challenge.

Discrimination and harassment

Helen has supported a number of major clients during the process of implementing changes to or closures of final salary or other pension schemes, managing the election process from start to finish, including the auto-enrolment process, working with pension advisors to those facing the enrolment challenge.