Russell Cooke Putney London 2

About Salma

Salma advises corporate employers, senior executives, and employees on a wide range of employment law matters. 

Her experience includes drafting employment contracts, settlement agreements and workplace policies, as well as providing guidance on grievances, disciplinary issues, and redundancies. She also has experience handling employment tribunal claims involving discrimination, whistleblowing, and unfair dismissal.

Before joining Russell-Cooke, Salma trained at the London office of a US law firm. She is fluent in Arabic.

Experience

  • Successfully managed and defended multiple employment tribunal claims on behalf of a leading specialist education provider
  • Provided advice to a US-based marketing software company on disciplinary proceedings involving a senior executive
  • Enforced an employer’s post-termination restrictive covenants against a senior executive following a breach of the agreed terms

Education

  • LLB Law (First Class) at the University of Kent
  • LLM Legal Practice Course (Distinction) at BPP University, London