Holly Woodhouse

Experience

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  H&T LTD

  Sept 2006 - Sept 2009

  Managing Director

  In order to help fund my degree, I invested part of my student loan to establish a company. I employed and trained ten staff to sell health and beauty products on commission on retail units in shopping centres across the South West.

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  Freelance

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2012

  Art Consultant, Writer and Editor

  After I graduated, I lived and worked in Tel Aviv for two years where I worked for: Omanoot, an online start up promoting Israeli art internationally; a contemporary art gallery; and a film producers assistant on a project in Israel and China. Art articles were published in the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s largest English language newspaper.

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  ARTICLE 19

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Legal Assistant

  I drafted Article 19’s response to the Google Advisory Board’s request for submissions on how best to implement the ‘Right to be Forgotten’ and participated in the negotiation of The Manila Principles on Internet Intermediary Liability, launched by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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  Independent

  Dec 2014 - Sept 2015

  Legal Consultant

  Contract drafting and negotiation, drafting particulars of claim and defences, liaising with counsel. Legal advisor at Toynbee Hall, specialising in the women’s advice clinic.

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  Chadwick Nott

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  International Associate

  I placed common law qualified lawyers into Magic Circle, Silver Circle, US and Offshore law firms across jurisdictions including London, Offshore, the Middle East and Asia.

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  Institute of Art and Law

  Oct 2017 - Nov 2018

  Researcher and Editor

  The Institute of Art and Law is an educational institution on law relating to cultural heritage. It also publishes a quarterly periodical, Art Antiquity and Law. Highlights included: writing and editing for Art Antiquity and Law and the IAL law blog; delivering lectures to museum professionals and lawyers on cultural heritage and looted art; writing and updating course materials including Equity & Trusts, Defamation, Tort, The Recovery of Stolen Art and Criminal Law.

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  Freelance

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

  Art Law Specialist

  Advising clients in the art market on a range of legal issues including due diligence, contract disputes, title disputes, IP and licensing agreements.

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  CMS

  Jun 2019 - Feb 2022

  Promoted to build and manage a new flexible resource offering recruiting candidates for client secondments and interim resource across practice groups. Consultative approach to recruitment with an emphasis on delivery and stakeholder management.

  • Flexible Resource Manager

    Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Talent Acquisition Advisor

    Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
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  EY

  Feb 2022 - now

  Dedicated legal recruitment specialist for EY Law.

  • Recruitment Manager - Tax & Law - EY

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Supervising Associate

    Feb 2022 - Nov 2022