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Freshfields

Employee Benefits

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Freshfields

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Provided by Freshfields

Please visit the Freshfields website for more details about our work in this category:

https://www.freshfields.com/en-gb/capabilities/services/employment-incentives-and-pensions/

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Employee Benefits - Global: Multi-Jurisdictional

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Freshfields has a highly regarded employment and employee benefits practice that has a strong presence in the UK, Europe and Japan. The law firm offers:

• Advice regarding bonus plans, terminations and a variety of other HR legal queries.

• Excellent capability in contentious employment matters, including litigation, boardroom disputes and industrial relations.

• Considerable experience in whistle-blowing cases, including for the finance industry.

Notable practitioners

Gwen Senlanne is a Partner and Global Head of People and Reward.

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Strengths

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  • Freshfields offers a large network and thus broad support from various experts within and outside Germany.

    Employee Benefits respondentGlobal

  • Freshfields needed little guidance to understand the complexities of our case. Once we sent them the relevant materials, they absorbed it quickly and were able to implement them.

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  • Freshfields has a strong understanding of the business context and the ability to translate technical concepts into understandable language.

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