Caroline Baker

Caroline co-leads the international practice. She is a commercial, solutions-focused lawyer who has particular expertise in international matters and on advising financial services, technology and professional services employers.

Caroline has a solid track record of providing pragmatic, commercial solutions to difficult advisory matters including disciplinary issues involving regulated or board level employees, business restructures and challenging employee relations issues (in particular where there are allegations of discrimination or whistleblowing). She is also an experienced litigator specialising in complex, high value and strategically challenging employment tribunal litigation.

Before joining Littler in October 2011, Caroline worked at ‘Magic Circle’ law firm Slaughter and May, during which time she spent six months on secondment to French firm Bredin Prat. In 2015, she spent three months on secondment at Citibank in its Employee Relations team and in 2019 Caroline was seconded to Marsh & McLennan Companies assisting them through the transitional period following a high-profile acquisition.

Caroline is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and has successfully completed the CII's London Market Insurance Award.

As part of the ELA Pro Bono Committee, she was one of the founders of the award winning ELIPS scheme at the London Central Employment Tribunal which support litigants in person.

Caroline is head of the Women's Leadership Initiative in London and co-leader of the initiative throughout Europe. She is also a member of Littler's global Women's Leadership Initiative Steering Committee which focuses on developing and retaining women leaders at every level of the firm.