Dawn Robertson

Dawn is a Partner in our Employment Law team.

She works with business owners, directors and managers to support them in strategic planning, policy development, workforce management, disputes, compliance and contractual employment matters. Dawn services clients throughout Scotland and more widely across the UK as a result of an extensive high quality network. She is also general counsel for a New York legal firm.

Dawn also provide high quality, discrete, practical advice to often high profile executives and employees in connection with protected conversations and Settlement Agreements, employment disputes and restrictive covenants. She is used to working on highly sensitive matters which involve the utmost discretion. She often works with her colleague Lynn Richmond on this type of work where Lynn provides expert input on reputation management and protection.

Dawn has significant experience and expertise in advising employers across a range of issues, including capability/performance, restructuring, redundancy, disciplinary and grievance matters and TUPE. She appears regularly in tribunals and has also appeared before the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT).

She provides advice across a number of sectors, including the STEM sector, Recruitment, Charities, Registered Social Landlords and Sport, to name a few.

With a varied client base, and a background in commercial and corporate matters, Dawn is experienced in advising on and in the “gig economy” where a variety of quasi employment relationships exist and a number of different types of legal contract are in play – e.g. zero hours contracts, consultancy arrangements and the like. She often works with her commercial law colleague Neil Anderson on this type of work.

Dawn appears regularly in the media and is a regular contributor of articles and comments on employment law issues. Most recently, she has appeared on BBC Radio Five Live Drivetime and Steven Nolan’s shows, BBC Radio Scotland’s Kay Adams’ show, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Nottingham.

Accreditations

• Accredited Specialist in Employment Law – The Law Society of Scotland

Legal directory rankings

• Recommended Lawyer: Employment Law (Scotland) – Legal 500 UK  2025
• Recommended Lawyer: Social Housing (Scotland) – Legal 500 UK  2025
• Recommended Lawyer: Sport (Scotland) – Legal 500 UK  2025

Memberships & Appointments

• Trustee/Board member of Edinburgh Science since 2014
• Graduate member of British Psychological Society
• Member of Employment Lawyers Association
• Recent member of Employment Lawyers Association Working Party on introducing fees in the Employment Tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal
• Past member of Employment Lawyers Association Working Party on Equity in the STEM workplace