UK
Practice Areas
Gareth Walls is a Partner and Head of the A&L Goodbody's Employment group in Belfast. Gareth represents a number of local, national and international brands in business support, strategic workforce planning and high profile tribunal matters. He also has significant experience advising stakeholders on complex redundancy, re-structuring and TUPE issues. Gareth is an accomplished commercial litigator with particular emphasis on procurement challenges and injunctive relief in the Employment context, as well as being a sought after speaker on Employment issues in Northern Ireland.
Areas of expertise include:
•Employment
•Litigation & Dispute Resolution
•Betting, Gaming & Liquor Licensing
•Corporate Immigration Services
Career
Experience Advising:
- Netflix on first registration with the Equality Commission and employment/trade union engagement in Northern Ireland.
- Jose Cuervo on its acquisition of the Old Bushmills Distillery and all related employment law matters.
- Allstate NI on matters of corporate governance and tribunal representation.
- Marks and Spencer on a range of Tribunal matters to include grievance and disciplinary process handling.
- CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) Global on its first entry to Northern Ireland on all employment, immigration and regulatory compliance matters.
- Hastings Hotel Group on all employment law matters in Northern Ireland and modern slavery compliance.
- Citi Group on contentious and non-contentious employment law matters including disciplinary and grievance processes.
Professional Memberships
Gareth is a member of the Employment Lawyers Group and is the Northern Ireland representative for the Employment Law Alliance. He is a Council Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association. In addition, Gareth is a CEDR Accredited Mediator and a Law Society Panel Mediator.
Education
Sheffield University
LLB (Hons)
Law Society of England & Wales
Solicitor
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Solicitor
