Bird & Bird, Employment | Chambers Global Profile

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Employment - UK

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.

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Work Highlights

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Bird & Bird advised Allwyn on the employment law issues relating to its successful application to operate the UK National Lottery.

Strengths

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They are quick to respond and understand the heart of the matter, balancing the legal requirements and the needs of our business.

Employment respondent
Global

The team was very responsive and always there for me.

Employment respondent
Global

The Bird & Bird team give very good and practical employment advice which is critical to ensure smooth outcomes.

Employment respondent
Global

They are quick to respond and understand the heart of the matter, balancing the legal requirements and the needs of our business.

Employment respondent
Global

The team was very responsive and always there for me.

Employment respondent
Global

The Bird & Bird team give very good and practical employment advice which is critical to ensure smooth outcomes.

Employment respondent
Global

Notable Practitioners

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Ian Hunter

Band 2

Ian Hunter is co-head of the international employment group at Bird & Bird. He advises clients on a full range of work and is noted for his ability to advise on multi-jurisdictional matters.

He provides an excellent supervisory service.

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Elizabeth Lang

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.

She is an absolute pleasure to work with.

Elizabeth's approach, her negotiation skills as well as her clear communication were very impressive.

We received excellent advice from Liz.

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Tim Spillane

Band 5

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 very responsive and critically sees the bigger issues in employment-related claims. He has always provided us with very practical and commercial advice.

For employment work, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Tim or to use him again in future.

Tim has always been supportive, responsive and expert in my dealings with him.

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Jonathan Goldsworthy

Up and Coming

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

Jon is incredibly professional, very responsive, knowledgeable and great at managing his clients' needs.

Jonathan's commercial awareness is what makes him stand out, not just his ability to recite the law.

He is fantastic in immigration advice, very calm and helpful.

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