United Kingdom Employment Law
In the UK, our employment law team offers both a full service national employment law platform and an international gateway to serve our clients’ changing business and employment needs around the world. Our practice is typically restricted to the representation of employers. Our team is known for cutting edge experience and skill both in the UK and across Europe. Our services in the UK consist of all aspects of UK employment law, from single employee matters up to complex restructures, TUPE transfers and collective consultation issues as well as global mobility solutions both UK inbound and outbound. As our team’s reputation in the UK continues to grow, more UK and EMEA based companies are looking to Seyfarth as an alternative to the traditional UK based firms. The London office also serves as an interface point between UK and EMEA clients and the vast US employment law practice of the firm.
HOW WE HELP
Our team draws on the collective wisdom of the firm and its exceptional history in assisting large organisations to achieve changes to their business and workforce arrangements. Seyfarth acts for over 60% of the US Fortune 500 companies.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Our international employment legal team in London are qualified in the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, and the United States. We therefore understand the complexity of operating across multiple jurisdictions as is typical of our client base. We manage our work so that it is done by the person best suited to the task in order to take advantage of subject matter and jurisdiction experience. We regularly accomplish international projects with fewer lawyers touching the matter than is the model for our competitors.
Our team is known for is cutting-edge approach to multi-jurisdictional projects and our pioneering role in influencing the design of modern slavery legislation in the UK.
Employment:
- Advised in relation to the termination of employment of C-Suite executives for public companies in the UK.
- Advised in relation to contemporaneous restructures in 8 EMEA jurisdictions including large collective restructure in the UK.
- Advised in relation to the preparation of the Employment documents suite, including Handbooks, Offer letters, Contracts of employment and relevant employment policies in Multiple EMEA jurisdictions and designed the entire policy suite for the UK and Ireland.
- Advised in relation to individual dismissals in the UK in the context of potential whistleblowing allegations.
- Advised in relation to the establishment of individual independent contractor arrangements in multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
- Completed the world’s largest ever and most successful workforce restructure—covering 152 countries—including the most countries in the EMEA region. We advised our client regarding the implementation of successive collective redundancies, plant closures, and outsourcing and spin-off transactions.
- Designed the strategy, drafted the documents and assisted with the implementation of the global employment structure and country-specific arrangements covering operations in more than 75 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America for a pharmaceutical research business.
- Advised about the local language and documentation requirements for HR-related documents for employees in 47 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America for one of the world’s largest consumer brands.
- Advised about the health and safety legal obligations across Europe, including providing face-to-face pan-European training for European plant managers, for one of the world’s largest manufacturers.
- Providing various Board termination and strategic advice for a major UK retailer.
- Providing a range of advice on corporate and employment law issues on setting up a UK entity with Brexit imminent.
- Advised in relation to the content of Modern slavery statements pursuant to S54 of the Modern Slavery Act.
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In the UK, our employment law team offers both a full service national employment law platform and an international gateway to serve our clients’ changing business and employment needs around the world. Our practice is typically restricted to the representation of employers. Our team is known for cutting edge experience and skill both in the UK and across Europe. Our services in the UK consist of all aspects of UK employment law, from single employee matters up to complex restructures, TUPE transfers and collective consultation issues as well as global mobility solutions both UK inbound and outbound. As our team’s reputation in the UK continues to grow, more UK and EMEA based companies are looking to Seyfarth as an alternative to the traditional UK based firms. The London office also serves as an interface point between UK and EMEA clients and the vast US employment law practice of the firm.
HOW WE HELP
Our team draws on the collective wisdom of the firm and its exceptional history in assisting large organisations to achieve changes to their business and workforce arrangements. Seyfarth acts for over 60% of the US Fortune 500 companies.
THE SEYFARTH EXPERIENCE
Our international employment legal team in London are qualified in the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Canada, and the United States. We therefore understand the complexity of operating across multiple jurisdictions as is typical of our client base. We manage our work so that it is done by the person best suited to the task in order to take advantage of subject matter and jurisdiction experience. We regularly accomplish international projects with fewer lawyers touching the matter than is the model for our competitors.
Our team is known for is cutting-edge approach to multi-jurisdictional projects and our pioneering role in influencing the design of modern slavery legislation in the UK.
Employment:
- Advised in relation to the termination of employment of C-Suite executives for public companies in the UK.
- Advised in relation to contemporaneous restructures in 8 EMEA jurisdictions including large collective restructure in the UK.
- Advised in relation to the preparation of the Employment documents suite, including Handbooks, Offer letters, Contracts of employment and relevant employment policies in Multiple EMEA jurisdictions and designed the entire policy suite for the UK and Ireland.
- Advised in relation to individual dismissals in the UK in the context of potential whistleblowing allegations.
- Advised in relation to the establishment of individual independent contractor arrangements in multiple EMEA jurisdictions.
- Completed the world’s largest ever and most successful workforce restructure—covering 152 countries—including the most countries in the EMEA region. We advised our client regarding the implementation of successive collective redundancies, plant closures, and outsourcing and spin-off transactions.
- Designed the strategy, drafted the documents and assisted with the implementation of the global employment structure and country-specific arrangements covering operations in more than 75 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America for a pharmaceutical research business.
- Advised about the local language and documentation requirements for HR-related documents for employees in 47 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America for one of the world’s largest consumer brands.
- Advised about the health and safety legal obligations across Europe, including providing face-to-face pan-European training for European plant managers, for one of the world’s largest manufacturers.
- Providing various Board termination and strategic advice for a major UK retailer.
- Providing a range of advice on corporate and employment law issues on setting up a UK entity with Brexit imminent.
- Advised in relation to the content of Modern slavery statements pursuant to S54 of the Modern Slavery Act.
Related News & Insights
-
Attorney Publication
12/14/2023
Now Available! International Employment Lawyer’s Guide to Restructuring a Cross-Border Workforce
-
Legal Update
08/23/2023
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-
Legal Update
03/08/2023
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-
Legal Update
1/17/2023
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