Our Employment expertise
We advise publicly listed and private companies, financial institutions, executive employees and directors on all aspects of employment law from recruitment and contract negotiation to termination, including related fiscal, compensation, health & safety, pension and social insurance law matters. We also advise on data protection, on the employment issues arising in corporate transactions and in the context of internal investigations. We partner with our clients to find pragmatic, effective solutions which take into account the commercial context in which they operate.
We integrate the expertise of specialists from other practices across the firm, including in particular our Corporate/M&A, Technology, Tax and Dispute Resolution teams, to provide innovative, tailored and effective advice to our clients.
Highlights:
- Advising Sportradar AG and the major selling-holders on Swiss employment law aspects in the context of the EUR 2.1 billion sale of Sportradar AG to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Silicon Valley-based growth equity firm TCV
- Advising Finastra on employment law aspects, including employment law due diligence, the transfer of employees and related pension fund matters, in the context of the acquisition of Olfa Soft SA and its cutting edge FX e-trading platform for banks and financial institutions
- Advising CRH plc on employment law matters in the context of the sale of its European distribution business to private equity funds managed by Blackstone