Helena Derbyshire
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Provided by Helena Derbyshire
Practice Areas
Helena Derbyshire advises employers and senior executives on all contentious and non contentious aspects of English employment law.
Ms. Derbyshire joined Skadden’s European labour and employment practice in 2013. She was previously a partner for 10 years at a leading U.K. employment law firm. Prior to that, she worked in one of the London’s pre-eminent international employment law firms. She advises employers and senior executives on a wide range of issues, ranging from strategic advice on the labour law aspects of corporate transactions and business reorganisations, to the day-to-day employment matters faced by business managers.
Chambers Review
UK
Helena Derbyshire is the head of Labour and Employment Law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates. She has notable experience advising well-known clients on the employment aspects of M&A transactions. Helena is also adept at advising employers on a wide range of employment matters including remuneration policy, restrictive covenant enforcement and TUPE.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Helena is very commercially minded."
"She provides very clear advice and is consistently helpful."
"Helena is very commercially minded."
"She provides very clear advice and is consistently helpful."