Globally, our Employment, Incentives and Pensions (EPI) group includes almost 200 lawyers across offices in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and the US.
The Employment team in London consists of 3 Partners, 15 Associates, 3 trainees, a consultant and a PSL.
Our employment team in London is one of few firms ranked as top tier in both leading legal directories, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Chambers & Partners also ranks us within the top 3 firms globally for Employment.
Chambers Global went on to describe HSF as "an excellent firm," adding: "The speed of turnaround and quality of work is first class, and the team is highly effective."
Key clients include: Tesco, the Post Office, Jefferies, Uber, Syneos Health, TPICAP, Eni, Chevron and Church Commissioners.
Recent work highlights include:
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Acting for Post Office in relation to the defence to proceedings issued in the Employment Tribunal by 120 sub-postmasters seeking accrued holiday pay on the basis that they claim to be "workers" under UK employment protection law.
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Advising Scandinavian insurance company Tryg A/S, as part of a consortium with Intact Financial Corporation, on its bid for RSA.
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Acting for JLT in relation to a team move claim in the High Court against Ed Broking and BGC.
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Advising Tesco on the defence of equal pay claims brought by several thousand store colleagues. The issues are relevant to many employers both in the retail sector and other sectors.
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Advising Jefferies in relation to multi-jurisdictional proceedings against Cantor Fitzgerald resulting from their poaching of a global team from Jefferies.