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The Employment practice at Linklaters is part of the Global Employment & Incentives group. It delivers the highest standards of quality to clients, wherever they do business, across a range of sectors and industries. Clients instruct the Employment practice for their most challenging, reputationally sensitive and high-profile people related issues. The practice maintains a strong balance across strategic advisory, transactional and contentious advice across the full range of employment and incentives issues, and is regularly instructed on business mandates concerning culture, governance and crisis management.

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Employment: Employer - London (Firms)

Band 2

What the Team is Known For
Linklaters handles high-quality advisory work for an international client base, combined with renowned strength in employment litigation. The firm advises clients on remuneration regulations and senior executive exits, with experience acting on high-value employment tribunal and High Court cases. The department acts for an enviable roster of clients from the financial services sector. It is well suited to advise on cross-border matters. In addition, the team frequently handles sensitive investigations on behalf of employers.
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Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters advised Carrier, an American multinational corporation, on employment aspects of their portfolio transformation.

Strengths

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  • Linklaters are a good experienced team and we felt well supported by the whole firm. They also have a very responsive approach.

    Employment: Employer respondentUK

  • The team provide an excellent client service with swift advice and also being responsive to feedback.

    Employment: Employer respondentUK

  • Every member of the team was excellent.

    Employment: Employer respondentUK

  • They are true partners, wear our shoes, and most importantly execute seamlessly and confidently. They ask probing questions, clarify understanding, confirm any limiting factors and develop a strategy.

    Employment: Employer respondentUK

Notable Practitioners

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  • Nicola Rabson
    Nicola Rabson

    Nicola Rabson

    Linklaters partner Nicola Rabson draws widespread acclaim for her work representing employers across the full spectrum of employment issues. Her wide expertise includes handling sensitive internal investigations, as well as board disputes and exit negotiations.

    • Nicola is phenomenally good at everything she turns her hands to. She is really impressive and has seen and done it all.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • She is super experienced, very tactical and technical and is super client-focused and a pleasure to work with always and hugely commercially-minded.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • Her practical, expert advice calmed everyone's nerves and she steered the case to a successful outcome.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • Nicola is the best there is. She is a true partner and a highly effective problem solver.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK
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  • Sinead Casey
    Sinead Casey

    Sinead Casey

    Sinead Casey is a partner at Linklaters who handles a range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters for major clients. Her expertise spans senior exits, whistle-blowing claims and regulatory investigations.

    • Sinead is simply excellent. I value her advice and experience. She understands our organisation and is very pragmatic and commercially astute.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • She is absolute steel in the face of challenge which is something we have leveraged enormously in our working collaboration. Sinead is on my speed dial.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • Sinead is fantastic to work with. She is very client-friendly, commercial and super responsive.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK
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  • Nick Marshall
    Nick Marshall

    Nick Marshall

    Nick Marshall is an employment partner at Linklaters who is highly regarded for his expertise advising employers with regard to a range of issues. These include employee disputes and contentious litigation, investigations or transactional employment support.

    • It was a pleasure to work with Nick. We worked under extreme pressure, tight timelines and even when challenged he responded well.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK

    • Nick provided excellent support in a difficult situation.

      Employment: Employer respondentUK
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