Overview
Our employment practice is a market-leader, advising on all forms of employment-related matters – disputes, transactional and strategic employment issues.
We act primarily for leading financial institutions and multinationals. Our practice covers:
- Employment Tribunal claims (particularly discrimination)
- High Court litigation including executive and team moves
- terms of employment including bonus provisions, handbooks and policies
- executive severances and board reorganisations
- complex corporate transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions and public to private transactions
- collective matters involving trade unions and works councils
Clients for whom we have acted recently include BAT, Blackstone, Chevron, Goldman Sachs, Resolution, Tata, Fortune Brands, Citigroup and Credit Suisse
Our practice is a global one and we operate an international network of employment lawyers through colleagues in Paris and Asia, at Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe and at other firms where we have close ties.
"While the group continues to leverage off its powerful reputation for, and tactical mastery of, contentious work, it also cuts a swathe in advisory matters and corporate transactions"
Chambers UK 2007
"Herbert Smith has adopted a distinctive alliance route for its recognised global reach and the [employment] group is increasingly asked to co-ordinate advice for US clients through its London hub"
Chambers UK, 2007