Liz O’Connor

About Liz

Liz is an Associate Director in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team, and heads the firm’s Employment department. She qualified in 2008, having studied Law and Business at Swansea University followed by the Legal Practice Course in Cardiff, and brings over 15 years of experience advising both individuals and businesses across a wide range of contentious matters.

Most recently Liz was a Partner at a Newport firm, where she led the Commercial Litigation team. Much of her work is for business clients, advising on commercial and contractual disputes, professional negligence and the partnership and shareholder disagreements she particularly enjoys resolving. Alongside this she heads the firm’s employment work, acting for both employees and employers on tribunal claims, settlement agreements, dismissals and the full range of workplace issues. Clients value her practical, commercially minded approach and her focus on resolving disputes efficiently.

Liz also brings a perspective beyond the purely legal: she previously spent time helping to run her family’s events business, giving her first-hand insight into the pressures faced by small and medium-sized businesses — and into the commercial and employment issues they navigate day to day. She joined Robertsons as an Associate Director in May 2025

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