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Baker McKenzie's London Employment practice is known as the market leading practice, both domestically and internationally for high end, strategic employment work. We are a growing team in a market where competitors are shrinking and are unrivalled by any other firm in this area by the quality of our practice, our global capabilities and the expertise of our lawyers.


Clients reach out for litigation and internal investigations support on their most high value and strategic matters. The team is strong in Financial Services and particularly experienced in dealing with investigations, disciplinary and accountability reviews arising from regulatory related matters for banks and financial institutions. We have a strong track record in defending clients in this sector in relation to discrimination, whistleblowing, clawback and forfeiture of deferred compensation, and High Court bonus claims. Providing cost-effective outside-of-the-box solutions is a key focus of the practice, which has led to the development of numerous innovations including globally managed employment services, legal project management and client-centric pricing.

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What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie has a highly experienced employment team that covers the whole spectrum of employment law, with expertise in restrictive covenants, discrimination and transactional matters. It stands out for its expertise in industrial relations and European Works Councils. The firm frequently represents global employers, with regular work for those in the retail and financial services sectors. It is also widely recognised for its ability to handle complex international employment issues including multi-jurisdictional restructuring processes. Baker McKenzie is increasingly well known for expertise in equal pay matters, as well as its handling of sensitive investigations.

Work Highlights

  • Baker McKenzie acted for Addison Lee in the defence of misclassification claims brought by over 600 current and former drivers alleging worker status and underpayments of holiday pay and the national minimum wage.

Strengths

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The Bakers team combines deep legal expertise with a practical, business-focused approach. They tailor advice to our company culture and risk tolerance level.

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Their expertise in the area is a given. However, it is their responsiveness, commercial approach and approachability that distinguishes them from other employment law industry leaders.

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They are highly intelligent, experienced litigators in the most complex areas of discrimination. The team offer incredible attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of cases.

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Notable Practitioners

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Monica Kurnatowska
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Monica Kurnatowska has impressive experience handling complex employment disputes and advisory matters for major clients. She is known for her expertise in trade union matters, as well as diversity and inclusion, particularly in relation to equal pay issues.

She continues to set the standards.

She is an exceptional lawyer.

Monica is highly intelligent, hugely experienced and can cut through noise and complexity with ease to provide pragmatic solutions and sensible advice.

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Julia Wilson
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Julia Wilson
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Julia Wilson is a London-based partner at Baker McKenzie who is adept at assisting clients with cross-border employment projects. She also handles advisory matters ranging from data protection issues to whistle-blowing compliance.

Julia brings clarity, responsiveness and calm confidence to every legal matter.

She's really great and a super lawyer.

Julia is incredibly responsive. She is solution-focused, while ensuring we understand risks and alternatives, and is a great partner to us.

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Kim L Sartin
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Kim L Sartin
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Kim Sartin is a partner at Baker McKenzie known for her work advising on the employment aspects of significant international transactions. She is also recognised for her knowledge of industrial relations and for her experience in the TMT sector.

Kim is fantastically easy to work with.

Kim is technically very strong. She takes a hands-on approach and provides excellent leadership.

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Stephen C M Ratcliffe
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Stephen Ratcliffe has a client base that includes household-name clients and leading names in the financial services sector. His wide-ranging practice sees him advising on matters such as equal pay disputes, large restructuring exercises and discrimination claims.

He is extremely responsive and practical with his guidance, and he has a talent with communicating complex legal issues in an easy to understand way.

Stephen is astute, practical and extremely commercially aware.

He is incredible. He has a wonderful manner and he calmly deals with complex and urgent situations.

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Annabel Mackay
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Annabel Mackay draws praise for her work on behalf of financial sector clients and large corporates. She regularly advises employers on their defence of whistle-blowing and discrimination claims.
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Carl Richards
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Carl Richards
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London-based Carl Richards focuses his practice on transactional and advisory employment mandates with a particular specialism in multi-jurisdictional projects. His clients include those in the real estate, private equity and international funds sectors.

Working with Carl makes the experience a good experience, even when it is a challenging matter. He is very solutions-oriented.

Carl has a massive depth and breadth of knowledge. He is very good at explaining matters across multiple jurisdictions.

Carl is a hugely talented partner and has the most wonderful manner with clients.

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Jonathan Tuck
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Jonathan Tuck
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Jonathan Tuck advises clients on a broad spectrum of employment law matters, including TUPE matters, trade union litigation and modern slavery issues. He is also experienced in handling global M&A transactions, as well as whistle-blowing and discrimination claims.

He is reliable and knowledgeable.

Jonathan is extremely responsive and has strong commercial awareness. His advice is concise and he provides valuable thought partnership.

He is extremely client-focused and and delivers strong results.

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Matthew Berridge
Associates to watch
Matthew Berridge is a senior associate at Baker McKenzie. He assists clients with a wide variety of employment matters including regular work on transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Matthew is a very good lawyer and has good management skills.

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Rob Marsh
Associates to watch
Rob Marsh is an associate in Baker McKenzie's employment team and earns praise for his work on investigations and litigation.
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Employment: Employer
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Monica Kurnatowska
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Julia Wilson
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Julia Wilson
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Kim L Sartin
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Kim L Sartin
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Stephen C M Ratcliffe
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Annabel Mackay
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Carl Richards
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Carl Richards
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Jonathan Tuck
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Jonathan Tuck
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Matthew Berridge
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Rob Marsh
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Monica Kurnatowska
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