Deborah Margolis > GQ | LITTLER > London, England > Lawyer Profile
GQ | LITTLER Offices
125 Wood Street
LONDON
EC2V 7AN
England
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Deborah Margolis
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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
Deborah specialises in employment and data protection law, having trained at Camfords LLP and prior to that having gained significant experience in the employment department of Clyde & Co LLP. During her training contract, Deborah was seconded to the pensions department of a City firm and the in-house legal department at Channel 5. More recently, Deborah was seconded to one of GQ|Littler’s clients for six months to manage their GDPR compliance project.
Deborah practises both contentious and non-contentious employment law for businesses, advising clients on a wide of range of matters, from employee relations matters to terminations and large-scale projects, often with an international element. Deborah has a particular interest and expertise in data protection and is one of the firm’s subject matter experts.
Deborah has significant contentious experience and has worked on a number of complex tribunal and EAT claims as well as High Court litigation.
Career
Deborah joined the firm in January 2016 as an associate following GQ|Littler’s acquisition of Camfords LLP, an employment law boutique.
Languages
English.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association.
Education
2010 – 2011: College of Law, LPC 2009 – 2010: Queen Mary (University of London), Intellectual Property Law 2006 – 2009: University of Cambridge (Girton College), MA (Cantab), Law
Leisure
Travel and cooking.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employers
Boutique employment law firm GQ | LITTLER advises a number of major international corporate clients on matters including tribunal litigation, post-transactional restructuring and ongoing internal matters. The practice is jointly headed by board-level crisis management specialist Paul Quain, the transaction support-focussed Daniel Pollard, internal employment matters expert Richard Harvey and Darren Isaacs, who splits his work between the firm’s London and Dublin offices. Highly experienced litigator and restrictive covenants expert Sophie Vanhegan is a further name to note. Laura Lobb, Deborah Margolis and Nicola James are also integral.