We act for senior executives on a full range of employment matters, including those which require us to act against some of the world's most powerful companies and financial institutions. Our work includes drafting and advising on employment-related documents and investigations, which are often complex and high value and advising directors and senior managers on corporate governance, regulatory and severance issues. We also advise executives on their rights and responsibilities as owners of partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies.
We provide senior professionals with guidance on contractual issues such as bonuses, ownership rights, grievances and golden handshakes, and handle a wide range of disputes, discrimination claims, whistleblowing and regulatory issues. When relationships come to an end, the Withers’ employment team helps executives enforce their contractual and statutory rights through deft negotiation of separation and compromise agreements and with a view to maximizing their ability to move on to new opportunities free from over-reaching post-termination restraints and any taints to their personal and professional reputations.
Read More...
We are also closely involved with the employment strategies, negotiation and practicalities of corporate overhauls. These include restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and (in the UK) situations involving the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (TUPE) regulations.
Our attorneys in the US practice in the areas of tax, pension and employee benefits and are skilled in structuring executive remuneration, long-term incentive, deferred compensation, profit-sharing, 401(k) and pension plans, as well as equity packages, in a tax efficient manner. The firm’s employee benefits team are often requested to provide ERISA advice to companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, and regularly counsel clients on ERISA issues involved in reductions in force, early retirement incentive programs and executive severance arrangements.
The team's clients are internationally based. Our client list includes board directors of FTSE 100 and NASDAQ companies. We also regularly advise clients across the whole range of the financial services industry.
Hide...
Meriel Schindler
DD: +44 (0)20 7597 6010
Email me
Elaine Aarons
DD: +44 (0)20 7597 6525
Daniel Isaac
DD: +44 (0)20 7597 6134
Meet the team