Employment Law

Emma Wills Davies emma.willsdavies@osborneclarke.com +44 118 925 2033		Victoria Parry victoria.parry@osborneclarke.com +44 20 7105 7272

Osborne Clarke LLP

Overview

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 340 expert Partners and more than 1300 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow; advising them both comprehensively and commercially.

We love working closely with our clients on new projects, products and solutions and are happy to embrace new ways of working and the opportunities it creates. We have a diverse and approachable culture that underpins our client relationships and is integral to our values and the delivery of our services.

Our locations around the world

Europe :

Belgium: Brussels

France: Paris

Germany: Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich

Italy: Busto Arsizio, Milan, Rome

The Netherlands: Amsterdam

Poland: Warsaw

Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza

Sweden: Stockholm

UK: Bristol, London, Reading

North America

USA - Miami, New York, San Francisco

Asia :

China: Shanghai

India*: Bangaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi

Singapore

*Services in India are provided by a relationship firm

Core sectors

Our core sectors are: Energy and Utilities, Financial Services, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Mobility and Infrastructure, Retail and Consumer, Tech, Media and Comms, The Built Environment and Workforce Solutions.

Osborne Clarke Employment

The world of work is evolving rapidly as digitalization, the changing dynamics of workplaces, and societal changes shape businesses. International employers are focusing on ensuring workforce arrangements are fit for the future and harness the potential this transformation offers. Our work crosses borders and jurisdictions, but our clients can rely on receiving expert, practical advice locally which is always looking to the future of work.

‘The team at Osborne Clarke are highly knowledgeable and give practical advice in a way that allows us to reach a decision really quickly. The team's availability is also a huge plus point.' Legal 500

Victoria Parry and Emma Wills Davies are Osborne Clarke’s leading employment lawyers and both are extremely highly regarded experts in employment law. Victoria, a Partner and Practice Group Head, has over 25 years of experience, specializing in financial services and media. Emma, an Associate Director, brings extensive experience from both private practice and in-house roles, particularly in tech, telecoms and retail.

Victoria and Emma together provide invaluable guidance to foreign businesses entering the UK, ensuring compliance with employment laws, handling complex litigation, and advising on restructuring and TUPE transfers. They fully grasp the reputational as well as legal issues in complying with best practice in HR and employment law. These are crucial matters with the current changes taking place in employment law in the UK at the moment.

Why clients choose Osborne Clarke

-Bold and innovative: We give you certainties, not doubts; we create cost-effective solutions to meet your business needs.
-Relationships: We are in for the long term. As well as new clients, we have partner-led client relationships that are more than 20 years old. We build our relationships by looking ahead for you.

-Employee engagement: We understand you need to take your people with you to achieve your business goals. Whether you are dealing with Works Councils, trade unions or individuals, you need to speak to them all in a language they understand.

-Value for money and certainty on costs: Employment law is not a process: it is about adding tangible value to your top and bottom line. We understand your need for cost certainty, including when it comes to employment litigation.

-Industry knowledge: We have specialist sector knowledge in our key industry sectors and work hard to understand your business.

Osborne Clarke offerings and expertise

Osborne Clarke's international team advises extensively on employment across multiple jurisdictions, whether on re-organizations, TUPE, disputes, or reputational and risk management. We advise across a broad range of employment rights and European and National Works Council matters.

We work seamlessly with HR and in-house legal teams in providing commercial and solutions focused advice in connection with the management of all employment matters and related disputes. Our team has extensive experience with a broad range of people matters, including providing regular bespoke training and value adds to HR teams.

Areas of expertise

Our employment team provides practical, day-to-day support covering the full range of employment law issues from recruitment to dismissal and risk management. This includes:

• Board level solutions
• Equality and diversity
• Recruitment and dismissals
• Business protection
• Outsourcing
• GDPR for HR
• Corporate restructuring
• Immigration
• Remuneration and tax
• Works Councils
• Future of work
• Disputes
• Health and safety
• Tax

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