Employment Disputes

Our international employment team is renowned for its wide range of expertise. Through our global network, we deliver cutting-edge legal advice.

We have a strong reputation for defending very challenging and potentially reputation-damaging claims in both labour (Employment Tribunal in the UK) and civil courts. A number of our clients reserve their most sensitive and complex cases for us.

The team is well known for the way we approach managing employment litigation risk. We encourage our clients to take a more people-centered, rather than ‘legalistic’, approach and to reappraise the factors they take into account in managing situations that are only potentially litigious. We guide clients to ensure that the right agenda is pursued for the particular case, whether fighting to trial or resolution (often through mediation).

We’ve advised international and high-profile organisations from investment banks, asset managers and hedge funds, to pharmaceutical companies and major media organisations. We advise on high-profile and sensitive cross border projects and disputes, strategic remuneration regulation, whistleblowing claims and more.

We act in the following types of employment disputes:

• Complex matters involving multiple areas of the law, not just employment
• Employment litigation, including discrimination and harassment claims, and boardroom disputes
• Multi-million pound discrimination/whistleblowing claims
• Protecting business interests, including enforcement of post-termination restrictions or pursuing breaches of confidentiality