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Bird & Bird's UK Employment department offers domestic and multi-national clients a comprehensive range of legal advice across the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment law. The team is renowned for providing businesses with strategic solutions and leading and coordinating large cross-border projects involving both other jurisdictions and practice groups. Each member of the team is a fully-qualified employment law, dedicated to the practice group, and able to advise on all issues (contentious and non-contentious).

Key areas of advice

  • Policies, practice and in-house documentation​
  • Terminations and disputes
  • Restructuring
  • Conduct and resolution of claims
  • Senior-level appointments
  • Equality and diversity
  • Business immigration
  • Outsourcing
  • Employee incentives and benefits
  • Trade secrets

Chambers Review

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Employment: Employer - London (Firms)

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Bird & Bird houses an established practice offering high-quality employment advice to both employers and senior employees. The firm is widely recognised for its expertise in the technology sector, as well as for its work for retail and life sciences clients. It advises on both employment disputes and non-contentious matters. The team is able to draw upon the firm's global network of offices to advise on cross-border work.

Strengths

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They have provided accurate advice in a timely manner and have been excellent at giving us practical and commercial advice in difficult and sensitive employment situations.

Employment: Employer respondent
UK

Bird & Bird lawyers are knowledgeable, pragmatic and provide excellent client service.

Employment: Employer respondent
UK

They provide compassion and pastoral guidance in a high pressure situation.

Employment: Employer respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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1
Tim Spillane
1
Band 1

Tim Spillane is head of the London employment team at Bird & Bird. He continues to serve as a go-to advisor for senior executives from the financial services sector. Spillane regularly handles complex contentious cases involving unfair dismissal, whistle-blowing, discrimination and breach of contract claims.

Tim is firstly an excellent lawyer, and also someone we trust to give us timely practical advice.

Tim combines a stellar legal mind with a commercial approach and is highly responsive to his client's needs.

Tim provided superb counsel, combining expertise and commercial awareness with empathy and kindness.

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3
Elizabeth Lang
3
Band 3
Elizabeth Lang is a partner at Bird & Bird who offers support to clients on a wide variety of employment matters. She has notable experience in dismissals and restructurings, and has particular expertise in handling trade union disputes.

Elizabeth Lang is very outcome-focused and provides straightforward and robust advice.

She is an exceptional employment lawyer.

Elizabeth Lang is an excellent employment lawyer.

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5
Jonathan Goldsworthy
5
Band 5
Jonathan Goldsworthy is a partner in the Bird & Bird employment team who assists employers and employees with both contentious and non-contentious issues.

Jonathan Goldsworthy is super responsive, commercial and gives great strategic advice.

He's very professional and acts with empathy.

I would work with Jonathan again without any hesitation. He was excellent.

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Employment: Employer
3
Elizabeth Lang
3
Band 3
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5
Tim Spillane
5
Band 5
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6
Jonathan Goldsworthy
6
Band 6
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Employment: Employer: Industrial Relations
3
Elizabeth Lang
3
Band 3
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Employment: Senior Executive
1
Tim Spillane
1
Band 1
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3
Elizabeth Lang
3
Band 3
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5
Jonathan Goldsworthy
5
Band 5
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