Employment

Our key experience includes advising:

HM Treasury on the employment law aspects of the taking into temporary public ownership of Northern Rock and parts of Bradford & Bingley and the recapitalisation of a number of major UK banks and the Dunfermline Building Society.

Arsenal on the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives; working with the new executive team to evolve and implement appropriate working practices.

INEOS in relation to the dispute at Grangemouth oil refinery which centred on proposed changes to the pension scheme.

Cadbury on the employment aspects of different outsourcing projects and of the agreed takeover by Kraft.

Ericsson on its arrangements to supply services which are being outsourced by a number of telephone operators.

Shire on the employment law implications of the re-domicile of the parent of the Shire group to Jersey and of tax residence to the Republic of Ireland.

Banco Santander on employment law implications of the agreed takeover of Alliance & Leicester.

Whitbread on its acquisition of 21 hotels from Mitchells & Butler in exchange for 44 Whitbread pub restaurants, involving the transfer of substantial numbers of employees.