Alison Sneddon practises both contentious and non-contentious employment matters for businesses. She advises across a range of matters, often with a cross-border element. These include senior exits, team moves, restrictive covenants, whistleblowing frameworks and investigations, complex grievance and disciplinary matters and staff reorganisations. Alison is particularly experienced advising HR teams and Executive/Remuneration Committees on the employment aspects of international financial services regulatory investigations such as compensation freezing/adjustment and Conduct Rule breach assessments.
Alison is recognised as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 (2025), in which clients say, "my experience with both Sophie Vanhegan and Alison Sneddon has always been exceptional. Their commercial advice is consistently insightful, and their pragmatism ensures that we receive solutions tailored to our specific needs. They demonstrate an impressive ability to quickly grasp our firm's culture and dynamics, providing the best guidance even in high-pressure situations involving senior stakeholders."
Alison has a keen interest in managing whistleblowing, conduct and culture matters within the workplace. She has a breadth of experience handling sensitive whistleblowing investigations, including within financial services regulatory frameworks. Alison was previously a member of Nomura’s Speaking Up Committee responsible for overseeing investigations into employee concerns and reporting to the Whistleblowing Champion.
Before joining GQ|Littler Alison worked as in-house European Employment Counsel at the global financial services group Nomura, as an Associate for leading global firm Linklaters and as an Employee Relations Advisor at RBS.
