Internationally experienced employment lawyer Kate Cauldwell-Hunt has joined the specialist law firm Michael Cummins Employment Solicitors as its new senior associate.
It’s a professional reunion for Kate and her new firm’s founder Michael Cummins, who worked together at Gateley more than 20 years ago.
After training and qualifying as a solicitor at Gateley, Kate worked as an employment lawyer, including at Averta Employment Lawyers, before moving to Pinsent Masons Vario where Kate worked both in the UK and then in Singapore where she led on the provision of flexible legal services for the international firm Pinsent Masons.
As an account director for Pinsent Masons Vario, Kate managed the recruitment and deployment of lawyers and other legal professionals for assignments with the firm’s clients or internally within Pinsent Masons.
Latterly Kate managed recruitment of lawyers and business services professionals for the London office of another international law firm, Clyde & Co.
Now the solicitor has joined the seven-strong Leicestershire-based Michael Cummins Employment Solicitors which since 2022 has provided employers with advice and representation on all aspects of employment law.
Michael said: “It is wonderful to welcome Kate to our firm more than 20 years after watching her set out on what has become an impressive career of great variety in location and expertise.
“I know she is looking forward to getting back into the thick of employment law here in the UK and in a setting where she is a key player in a focussed team with a collegiate feel and our approach to providing high quality work for our family of clients.
“It is also exciting for us to welcome Kate just a month after her fellow new senior associate Katie Baker-Clifton. Their arrival is a significant step forward for our firm.”
Kate said: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Mike again and excited to be working with such a friendly and welcoming team. It is a privilege to work with this team with its fantastic reputation and wealth of experience.”
