Employment | Europe

Ellex Valiunas has a highly regarded team offering advice on the full spectrum of labour law matters. The law firm is skilled at handling employment aspects of transactions and restructurings, including staff transfers and replacements, as well as advising on internal policy development, works council issues and dismissals. The team additionally acts on contentious issues as well as providing advisory support. It acts for a broad range of leading international companies, including those in the finance, energy, technology, consumer goods and pharmaceutical sectors.

Sorainen is highly active across a wide range of employment issues, assisting leading domestic and international clients from sectors such as healthcare, finance, retail, food and beverage and technology. The law firm is distinguished for its wide-ranging non-contentious practice, which handles corporate restructurings, including dismissals and redundancies, as well as employee relocation and immigration issues and non-compete agreements. The team also provides contractual and regulatory advice. It is skilled in remuneration-related mandates and additionally acts on contentious cases, including unfair dismissal, harassment and internal investigation cases.

TGS Baltic has a well-regarded team, especially active in employee remuneration issues, and also handles staff dismissals. The law firm further advises on negotiations with trade unions and works councils as well as regulatory compliance mandates, internal policies, immigration and relocation issues and non-competition. The team regularly acts for local and multinational clients from the transportation, technology, pharmaceutical and retail sectors.

COBALT houses a significant team of lawyers who are well placed to handle a variety of matters, such as those relating to works councils and trade unions as well as employment contracts and immigration issues, including cross-border secondments and redundancies. The law firm has additional experience in areas such as employee termination, discrimination, non-compete issues and restructurings and reorganisations. The team acts for a client roster of leading international and local corporates, including in the aviation, technology, healthcare, telecommunications and finance sectors, as well as government bodies.

Eversheds Sutherland enters the rankings this year with a solid practice for advice on compensation and remuneration issues, personal data protection and employee terminations. It is also well placed to advise trade unions on collective bargaining agreements. The law firm is regularly sought out by clients from the transportation, financial services and IT sectors and is equipped to assist them with both domestic and cross-border mandates.