expertise: US and Other Multinational Employers

USSFP Group: Overview of Key Partnership Law and Best Practice in Handling Partner Team Moves and Underperformance

May 17th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

USSFP Group Seminar London May 2015 An Overview of Key Partnership Law and Best Practice Issues in Handling Partner Team Moves and Managing Partner Underperformance Clare Murray was a speaker at this Seminar dealing with an overview of key partnership law and best practice issues when handling partner team moves and dealing with partner underperformance. […]

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International Employers Forum: Cross Border Enforcements of Restrictive Covenants

May 17th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

International Employers Forum Brussels, Belgium May 2015 Cross Border Enforcements of Restrictive Covenants David Fisher spoke at the International Employers Forum Conference on cross border enforcement of restrictive covenants. For further details please email David Fisher

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APP: Partnership and LLP Tax and Employment Law Creep in a Partnership World

May 17th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

Association of Partnership Practitioners Seminar London May 2015 “Partnership and LLP Tax” and “Employment Law Creep in a Partnership World” Clare Murray spoke at the Association of Partnership Practitioners’ seminar on Employment Law Creep in a Partnership World. For further details on this seminar please email Clare Murray

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EU Data Protection Reform; and Key Issues in Structuring Expatriate Arrangements

April 28th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

EU Data Protection Reform: A game-changer for employers It has been 20 years since Europe introduced the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC). At that time, electronic data management was still in its infancy. In 2012, the European Commission published its proposals for sweeping reforms to the EU’s data protections laws in light of the far-reaching changes to […]

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PARTNER TEAM MOVES

April 20th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

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USSFP: Key Partnership tax and Partnership and Employment law issues for US law firms

February 18th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

18 February 2015 USSFP Group London’s Seminar: An Overview for Senior Finance Professionals of key partnership tax and partnership and employment law issues for US law firms and their partners Clare Murray spoke on issues relating to partnership and employment law issues for US law firms and their partners at this conference for Senior Finance […]

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Employees working in the EU? – Employers could be at greater risk of litigation from 10 January 2015

January 9th, 2015 by Sharon Hamilton

Exposure to EU employment litigation increases for non-EU employers from 10 January 2015 From 10 January 2015, multi-nationals with no EU presence, but with employees working in the EU, could potentially be exposed to more employment litigation. The Brussels I Regulation (Regulation (EU) 44/2001) which regulates EU jurisdictional issues, will be replaced by the “recast” Brussels Regulation (Regulation […]

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Reshaping staffing: The end of the pyramid model in law firms

December 15th, 2014 by Sharon Hamilton

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Thinking of taking client or colleague data to a new role? Think again, following a warning from the ICO

October 22nd, 2014 by Sharon Hamilton

Thinking of taking client or colleague data to a new role? Think again, following a warning from the ICO Recently the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a stark warning to individuals who take client personal information to a new job. The warning followed the criminal conviction in September 2014, of a paralegal who unlawfully took […]

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Changes to ante-natal rights today – are you up to speed?

October 1st, 2014 by Sharon Hamilton

Changes to ante-natal rights today – are you up to speed? Today, 1 October 2014, several employment law changes take place (see further below). In this alert we consider one of those changes – the extension of the right to time off to attend ante-natal appointments. What’s changing? The right to accompany a partner to […]

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