Raoul Parekh > GQ | LITTLER > London, England > Lawyer Profile

GQ | LITTLER
125 Wood Street
LONDON
EC2V 7AN
England

Work Department

GQ|Littler is the leading employment law firm for employers in the UK and Ireland. We offer risk-based advice and litigation services on employment, immigration, employee tax and incentives issues. We work globally as part of Littler, the world’s largest employment law firm with over 1,600 lawyers in 100 offices worldwide. Being part of Littler enables the firm to seamlessly provide high-quality advice and support across a wide range of international markets and benefit from cutting-edge technology, research and knowledge management resources.

Position

Raoul is one of the firm’s partners. He works across all areas of employment law, including advisory, litigation and transactional support. He has a particular focus on assisting international clients with their UK and EMEA employment law challenges.

Raoul has significant experience of employment tribunal litigation, as well as High Court employee competition matters. He is also experienced in day-to-day HR support, including dealing with employee grievances and consultation processes, terminations and drafting contracts and policies. Raoul acts for several “professional employer organisations” (or PEOs), advising them on their UK and international employment compliance strategy and other issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Raoul worked in Baker McKenzie’s London employment team. During this time, he also completed secondments to the in-house employment law teams at Lloyds Banking Group and Standard Chartered Bank.

Career

Raoul trained at Baker McKenzie and qualified in 2012. He joined GQ|Littler in 2015.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA).

Education

2008 – 2009: College of Law, LPC
2007 – 2008: City University, GDL
2004 – 2007: Wadham College, University of Oxford, BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics