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Anna McCaffrey

Anna McCaffrey

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Legal 500 UK 2026

Leading associate in the employment: employers category.

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Anna is senior counsel (Scottish qualified) in the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group, specialising in UK employment law.

She advises employers on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues. Anna acts for a range of employers, providing general employment law advice.

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CV

Since 2017 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2006 - 2011 Associate, Shepherd and Wedderburn
2008 Admitted as a lawyer, Scotland
2005 First Class Honours Law and Spanish, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Career

Since 2017 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2011 - 2017 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2006 - 2011 Associate, Shepherd and Wedderburn

Education

2008 Admitted as a lawyer, Scotland
2005 First Class Honours Law and Spanish, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

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Spanish

Awards

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Leading associate in the employment: employers category.

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Employment - employers (Rising star)

Legal 500 UK 2020

Rising star - Human resources: Employment: employees/unions

Legal 500 UK 2019

Next generation - Human resources: Employment: employers and senior executives: 'brilliant' senior associate Anna McCaffrey [is] also recommended.

Next generation - Human Resources: Employment - Employers: Clients also single out senior associate Anna McCaffrey, who has experience handling employee privacy and ‘gig economy’ issues. Other clients include Fabrinet, Macmillan Publishers and LeanWorks.

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Clients in the fashion sector

Advising employers on use of atypical workers.

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