Elissa Thursfield
Elissa Thursfield is a Director and Head of Employment at Gamlins Law Ltd. Elissa represents a range of employers from small business to PLC level corporates, advising on employment and data protection issues across the UK.
She has particular experience within the Care, Construction and Logistics sectors on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Elissa is especially passionate about working closely with internal HR teams and supporting employee engagement, relations and workforce change with skill in supporting businesses in periods of rapid growth.
Client’s particularly like Elissa’s ‘no nonsense and commercially focussed approach’, ‘cutting through legal jargon to provide advice that gets to the heart of the issues’.
Elissa speaks regularly at seminars and events on employment matters, as well as undertaking speaking engagements on the subject of leadership due to her role as a volunteer Helm with the RNLI.
Elissa is a contributor for the BBC and regularly provides commentary on Employment Law issues for BBC Radio Wales.
Elissa has been awarded the Law Society’s Junior Lawyer of the Year, Rising Star of the Year in the Welsh Legal Awards and was a finalist for Solicitor of the Year in the Law Society Excellence Awards in 2020.
In addition to her position with Gamlins Law Ltd, Elissa is Managing Director of HR Anchor Limited.