Daniel E.Waldman
Partner
International Employment Law
dwaldman@seyfarth.com
Dan guides some of the world's best-known companies through their most complex international employment law challenges.
More About Dan
Seyfarth's team of international employment attorneys is best known for assisting the world's largest multinational companies through their most complex international employment law challenges. As an integral part of this team, Dan draws on his two decades of experience and education in international relations to deliver legal solutions and value to clients. Dan is uniquely positioned to provide strategic and practical global workplace advice due to his extensive background working in-house for large corporations and in strategic human resource management, including starting and running various successful businesses.
Practical, sharp, and commercial, Dan is a consummate workforce architect. Dan and Seyfarth's global network of international labor and employment attorneys solve critical legal challenges across multiple countries, especially across unstable geopolitical landscapes. Clients rely on Dan to align corporate strategy with human capital philosophy, translating broad objectives into actionable, sound, strategic, and country-specific initiatives.
In today's dynamic business environment, effective change management is vital. Seyfarth assists clients with workplace transformations, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, downsizing, and divestitures, focusing on people-related aspects. Seyfarth offers tailored solutions, from risk assessments to process optimization, integrating technology and innovation to drive efficiency. Dan has significant experience managing multicountry outsourcing transactions and ensuring compliance with labor laws for dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment. He also advises on cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, harmonizing employment documents, and streamlining policies and HR documents for multinational employers.
Dan helps clients develop strategic human capital initiatives that align with corporate values and drive long-term success. He collaborates with leadership teams to design global policies, focusing on recruitment, retention, and compensation frameworks, and advises on integrating corporate values into employee engagement programs across multiple jurisdictions.
Dan received his MBA in Strategic Human Resource Management from the University of Wisconsin, his JD from the University of Wisconsin, and his BA from the University of Rochester.
Practical, sharp, and commercial, Dan is a consummate workforce architect. Dan and Seyfarth's global network of international labor and employment attorneys solve critical legal challenges across multiple countries, especially across unstable geopolitical landscapes. Clients rely on Dan to align corporate strategy with human capital philosophy, translating broad objectives into actionable, sound, strategic, and country-specific initiatives.
In today's dynamic business environment, effective change management is vital. Seyfarth assists clients with workplace transformations, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, downsizing, and divestitures, focusing on people-related aspects. Seyfarth offers tailored solutions, from risk assessments to process optimization, integrating technology and innovation to drive efficiency. Dan has significant experience managing multicountry outsourcing transactions and ensuring compliance with labor laws for dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment. He also advises on cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, harmonizing employment documents, and streamlining policies and HR documents for multinational employers.
Dan helps clients develop strategic human capital initiatives that align with corporate values and drive long-term success. He collaborates with leadership teams to design global policies, focusing on recruitment, retention, and compensation frameworks, and advises on integrating corporate values into employee engagement programs across multiple jurisdictions.
Dan received his MBA in Strategic Human Resource Management from the University of Wisconsin, his JD from the University of Wisconsin, and his BA from the University of Rochester.
- MBA, University of Wisconsin School of Business
Strategic Human Resource Management - JD, University of Wisconsin Law School
Cum laude
Director of Street Law Program
Instructing Teaching Assistant - BA, University of Rochester
Political ScienceHonors Program
Chester Dewey, Isaac David Extemporaneous Speech Contest winner
National Security Policy teaching assistant
- California
- New York
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
Experience in large-scale, multicountry transactions with complex people issues:
- Advise boards of directors, executives, M&A lawyers, and bankers on international employment issues of potential transactions.
- Conduct multicountry due diligence on employment law ramifications of transactions, including analysis of employment laws in impacted countries, works council and trade union consultation, compensation issues, and evaluate then monetize employment liabilities impacting price.
- Review transaction documents and advise clients on proposed improvements to anticipate people issues.
- Assist clients integrating businesses, including employee business transfers (e.g. TUPE), harmonization of compensation, policies, and human resource information systems, and workforce rationalizations and restructuring.
- Advise on facility acquisitions, sales, and closures.
- Instruct on and manage multicountry mass redundancies.
Experience in connection with high-value corporate events:
- Implement multicountry outsourcing transactions, including compliance with laws regarding dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment.
- Negotiate commercial contracts implicating employment law issues.
- Advise clients on implementing global cost-cutting and efficiency undertakings, including modifications to compensation, benefits, and working time.
- Manage harmonization of global portfolio of employment documents (e.g. handbooks and policies).
Advise clients on complex day-to-day international employment law matters, including:
- Counsel on individual and collective redundancy processes.
- Advise clients on cross-border protection of valuable intellectual property and enforcement of employee restrictive covenants.
- Develop and implement practices for conducting comprehensive background screening processes in particularly sensitive industries.
- Draft international employment policies and related corporate conduct policies.
Related News & Insights
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Sponsored Events
Sep 27, 2024
Seyfarth Sponsors the Wisconsin School of Business Strategic Human Resource Management Center’s SHR Symposium 2024
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Recognition
03/13/2024
16 Seyfarth Lawyers Earn Acclaim in Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2024
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Recognition
12/05/2023
Seyfarth Named a 2023 IEL Elite Firm by International Employment Lawyer
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Webinar
Oct 10, 2023
Latin America Reductions in Force: Ten Things to Look Out for
- Recognized in International Employment Lawyer Global Elite (2024)
- Recognized in Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Labour & Employment (Law Business Research Ltd.) (2019-2023)
- International Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Co-Author, "Managing the Workplace During Conflict - Considerations for Employees in Ukraine, Russia and Beyond," SHRM (March 4, 2022)
- Co-Author, "The Workplace During Conflict: Considerations for Employees in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 2, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Latest Developments on Vaccine Mandates in Latin America," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 2, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Cross-Border Transactions: Key Items to Review When Performing Human Resource and Employment Due Diligence," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 3, 2021)
- Co-Author, "American Companies Face Considerable Risks Implementing Their Diversity Plans Abroad," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 13, 2021)
- Co-Author, "A Time For Kindness: Supporting Employee Mental Health in the Era of COVID-19," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 24, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination - the International Employment Landscape," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 14, 2020)
- Co-Author, "You're a global employer - what happens next?," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, "Latin America Reductions in Force: Ten Things to Look Out for," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 10, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Italian Employment Law Simplified: A Half-hour Guide to Employment and Labor Law in Italy," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 10, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "Termination Consternation? Guidance for Multinational Employers on Managing Dismissals across the Globe," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 22, 2022)
- "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Navigating the Business Challenges and Legal Implications - Session 1: Employers Exiting Russia: Beyond Sanctions and Public Opinion," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 30, 2022)
- Speaker, Take It or Leave It Podcast, Episode 5: Beyond the US — International Unlimited Paid Time Off Considerations, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 17, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of the World of Work—Legal Implications, Issues, and Leadership Opportunities," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 13, 2021)
-
Pharmaceutical Roundtable (February 2021)
-
"Human Capital: Managing Global & Domestic Workforces & People Analytics," TechGC’s Employment & Executive Compensation Virtual Conference (September 2020)
- "Managing International Employment Issues," HR Summit, Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, WI (2016)
- "Managing employment law projects across the Americas and globally," Ius Laboris Americas Labor & Employment Law Conference (December 9, 2016)
- "Whose discrimination laws reach bordercrossing staff?," Session Chair, International Bar Association, Washington, DC (September 22, 2016)
- "Brexit: What American Employers Need to Know," Complimentary Webinar (July 19, 2016)
- "The View From the Other Side of the Pond: A Guide to U.S. Employment" (February 2, 2016)
- "A World of Opportunity: Managing International Employment Matters," Association of Corporate Counsel, New Jersey & San Francisco Bay Area (2015)
- "International Employment Law," Center for International Legal Studies, Budapest, Hungary (2013)
- Quoted, "HR’s Role in the Ukraine Crisis," WORKSPAN DAILY (April 5, 2022)
- Quoted, "Across Latin America, COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Vary," SHRM (January 12, 2022)
- Interviewed, "How Brexit Could Affect US-Based Employers," XpertHR Blog (July 28, 2016)
- Interviewed, "Looser Employment Regs, Fewer Workers On Tap Post-Brexit," Law360 (June 24, 2016)
Dan guides some of the world's best-known companies through their most complex international employment law challenges.
More About Dan
Seyfarth's team of international employment attorneys is best known for assisting the world's largest multinational companies through their most complex international employment law challenges. As an integral part of this team, Dan draws on his two decades of experience and education in international relations to deliver legal solutions and value to clients. Dan is uniquely positioned to provide strategic and practical global workplace advice due to his extensive background working in-house for large corporations and in strategic human resource management, including starting and running various successful businesses.
Practical, sharp, and commercial, Dan is a consummate workforce architect. Dan and Seyfarth's global network of international labor and employment attorneys solve critical legal challenges across multiple countries, especially across unstable geopolitical landscapes. Clients rely on Dan to align corporate strategy with human capital philosophy, translating broad objectives into actionable, sound, strategic, and country-specific initiatives.
In today's dynamic business environment, effective change management is vital. Seyfarth assists clients with workplace transformations, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, downsizing, and divestitures, focusing on people-related aspects. Seyfarth offers tailored solutions, from risk assessments to process optimization, integrating technology and innovation to drive efficiency. Dan has significant experience managing multicountry outsourcing transactions and ensuring compliance with labor laws for dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment. He also advises on cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, harmonizing employment documents, and streamlining policies and HR documents for multinational employers.
Dan helps clients develop strategic human capital initiatives that align with corporate values and drive long-term success. He collaborates with leadership teams to design global policies, focusing on recruitment, retention, and compensation frameworks, and advises on integrating corporate values into employee engagement programs across multiple jurisdictions.
Dan received his MBA in Strategic Human Resource Management from the University of Wisconsin, his JD from the University of Wisconsin, and his BA from the University of Rochester.
Practical, sharp, and commercial, Dan is a consummate workforce architect. Dan and Seyfarth's global network of international labor and employment attorneys solve critical legal challenges across multiple countries, especially across unstable geopolitical landscapes. Clients rely on Dan to align corporate strategy with human capital philosophy, translating broad objectives into actionable, sound, strategic, and country-specific initiatives.
In today's dynamic business environment, effective change management is vital. Seyfarth assists clients with workplace transformations, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, downsizing, and divestitures, focusing on people-related aspects. Seyfarth offers tailored solutions, from risk assessments to process optimization, integrating technology and innovation to drive efficiency. Dan has significant experience managing multicountry outsourcing transactions and ensuring compliance with labor laws for dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment. He also advises on cost cutting and efficiency initiatives, harmonizing employment documents, and streamlining policies and HR documents for multinational employers.
Dan helps clients develop strategic human capital initiatives that align with corporate values and drive long-term success. He collaborates with leadership teams to design global policies, focusing on recruitment, retention, and compensation frameworks, and advises on integrating corporate values into employee engagement programs across multiple jurisdictions.
Dan received his MBA in Strategic Human Resource Management from the University of Wisconsin, his JD from the University of Wisconsin, and his BA from the University of Rochester.
- MBA, University of Wisconsin School of Business
Strategic Human Resource Management - JD, University of Wisconsin Law School
Cum laude
Director of Street Law Program
Instructing Teaching Assistant - BA, University of Rochester
Political ScienceHonors Program
Chester Dewey, Isaac David Extemporaneous Speech Contest winner
National Security Policy teaching assistant
- California
- New York
- US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- US District Court, Central District of California
- US District Court, Eastern District of California
- US District Court, Northern District of California
- US District Court, Southern District of New York
Related Key Industries
Related Regions
Experience in large-scale, multicountry transactions with complex people issues:
- Advise boards of directors, executives, M&A lawyers, and bankers on international employment issues of potential transactions.
- Conduct multicountry due diligence on employment law ramifications of transactions, including analysis of employment laws in impacted countries, works council and trade union consultation, compensation issues, and evaluate then monetize employment liabilities impacting price.
- Review transaction documents and advise clients on proposed improvements to anticipate people issues.
- Assist clients integrating businesses, including employee business transfers (e.g. TUPE), harmonization of compensation, policies, and human resource information systems, and workforce rationalizations and restructuring.
- Advise on facility acquisitions, sales, and closures.
- Instruct on and manage multicountry mass redundancies.
Experience in connection with high-value corporate events:
- Implement multicountry outsourcing transactions, including compliance with laws regarding dispatched workers, staff leasing, and joint employment.
- Negotiate commercial contracts implicating employment law issues.
- Advise clients on implementing global cost-cutting and efficiency undertakings, including modifications to compensation, benefits, and working time.
- Manage harmonization of global portfolio of employment documents (e.g. handbooks and policies).
Advise clients on complex day-to-day international employment law matters, including:
- Counsel on individual and collective redundancy processes.
- Advise clients on cross-border protection of valuable intellectual property and enforcement of employee restrictive covenants.
- Develop and implement practices for conducting comprehensive background screening processes in particularly sensitive industries.
- Draft international employment policies and related corporate conduct policies.
Related News & Insights
-
Sponsored Events
Sep 27, 2024
Seyfarth Sponsors the Wisconsin School of Business Strategic Human Resource Management Center’s SHR Symposium 2024
-
Recognition
03/13/2024
16 Seyfarth Lawyers Earn Acclaim in Who’s Who Legal: Labour, Employment & Benefits 2024
-
Recognition
12/05/2023
Seyfarth Named a 2023 IEL Elite Firm by International Employment Lawyer
-
Webinar
Oct 10, 2023
Latin America Reductions in Force: Ten Things to Look Out for
- Recognized in International Employment Lawyer Global Elite (2024)
- Recognized in Who's Who Legal Thought Leaders: Labour & Employment (Law Business Research Ltd.) (2019-2023)
- International Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Co-Author, "Managing the Workplace During Conflict - Considerations for Employees in Ukraine, Russia and Beyond," SHRM (March 4, 2022)
- Co-Author, "The Workplace During Conflict: Considerations for Employees in Ukraine, Russia, and Beyond," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 2, 2022)
- Co-Author, "Latest Developments on Vaccine Mandates in Latin America," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 2, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Cross-Border Transactions: Key Items to Review When Performing Human Resource and Employment Due Diligence," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (August 3, 2021)
- Co-Author, "American Companies Face Considerable Risks Implementing Their Diversity Plans Abroad," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (July 13, 2021)
- Co-Author, "A Time For Kindness: Supporting Employee Mental Health in the Era of COVID-19," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (May 24, 2021)
- Co-Author, "Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination - the International Employment Landscape," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (December 14, 2020)
- Co-Author, "You're a global employer - what happens next?," Legal Update, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 20, 2020)
- Co-Presenter, "Latin America Reductions in Force: Ten Things to Look Out for," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 10, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, "Italian Employment Law Simplified: A Half-hour Guide to Employment and Labor Law in Italy," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (November 10, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "Termination Consternation? Guidance for Multinational Employers on Managing Dismissals across the Globe," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (June 22, 2022)
- "Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Navigating the Business Challenges and Legal Implications - Session 1: Employers Exiting Russia: Beyond Sanctions and Public Opinion," Webinar Series, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (March 30, 2022)
- Speaker, Take It or Leave It Podcast, Episode 5: Beyond the US — International Unlimited Paid Time Off Considerations, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (February 17, 2022)
- Co-Presenter, "The Future of the World of Work—Legal Implications, Issues, and Leadership Opportunities," Webinar, Seyfarth Shaw LLP (October 13, 2021)
-
Pharmaceutical Roundtable (February 2021)
-
"Human Capital: Managing Global & Domestic Workforces & People Analytics," TechGC’s Employment & Executive Compensation Virtual Conference (September 2020)
- "Managing International Employment Issues," HR Summit, Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, WI (2016)
- "Managing employment law projects across the Americas and globally," Ius Laboris Americas Labor & Employment Law Conference (December 9, 2016)
- "Whose discrimination laws reach bordercrossing staff?," Session Chair, International Bar Association, Washington, DC (September 22, 2016)
- "Brexit: What American Employers Need to Know," Complimentary Webinar (July 19, 2016)
- "The View From the Other Side of the Pond: A Guide to U.S. Employment" (February 2, 2016)
- "A World of Opportunity: Managing International Employment Matters," Association of Corporate Counsel, New Jersey & San Francisco Bay Area (2015)
- "International Employment Law," Center for International Legal Studies, Budapest, Hungary (2013)
- Quoted, "HR’s Role in the Ukraine Crisis," WORKSPAN DAILY (April 5, 2022)
- Quoted, "Across Latin America, COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Vary," SHRM (January 12, 2022)
- Interviewed, "How Brexit Could Affect US-Based Employers," XpertHR Blog (July 28, 2016)
- Interviewed, "Looser Employment Regs, Fewer Workers On Tap Post-Brexit," Law360 (June 24, 2016)