Employee Benefits
Global Guide 2024 : Global: Multi-Jurisdictional
Band 1
Email address
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+44 20 7936 4000Chambers Review
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a highly-regarded employment and employee benefits practice that has a strong presence in the UK, Europe and Japan. The law firm offers:
• Familiarity acting for clients on the employment aspects of cross-border transactions, as well as providing ongoing advice regarding bonus plans, terminations and a variety of other HR legal queries.
• Excellent capability in contentious employment matters, including litigation, boardroom disputes and industrial relations.
• Considerable experience in whistle-blowing cases, including for the finance industry.
• Growing strength in new employment contract areas such as the gig economy and zero-hours contracts. Also assists with employee data protection.
Key contacts at the law firm include Hamburg-based Boris Dzida and Brussels-based Jean-François Gerard.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Freshfields is a strong firm advising on complex employment work."
"Freshfields has a deep bench of employment lawyers who are able to get to grips with complex matters that reach across technical employment law requirements and into commercial business needs. They also understand how to frame advice for the right audience."
"Freshfields is a strong firm advising on complex employment work."
"Freshfields has a deep bench of employment lawyers who are able to get to grips with complex matters that reach across technical employment law requirements and into commercial business needs. They also understand how to frame advice for the right audience."