Lawyers

Chris Coombes

Chris Coombes

Littler, London

Work Department

Littler is the largest global employment and labour law practice, providing workplace solutions that are local, everywhere. With over 1,800 lawyers in more than 100 offices worldwide, Littler represents management in all aspects of employment and labour law.

Position

Chris is a Senior Associate at Littler and advises clients on the full spectrum of employment issues and has broad experience working on global employment projects for clients with international operations. Chris helps clients find pragmatic, commercial solutions, especially in the context of settlement negotiations and post-termination restrictions. Chris has a particular focus on the platform economy and technology sectors, having spent the latter part of 2022 on secondment to Uber’s legal team.

Chris regularly advises clients in relation to redundancies, business transfers, grievances, misconduct, performance, data protection and trade union issues. He has experience in leading complex, sensitive settlement negotiations and has also worked on multiple high-value employment tribunal claims, with a particular focus on discrimination and whistleblowing.

Career

Before joining Littler in in April 2020, Chris trained and qualified at international law firm Baker McKenzie. During his training contract at Baker McKenzie, Chris completed seats in the employment, private equity and corporate tax departments.

Languages

English and German.

Memberships

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Education

2010 – 2014: Modern Languages (German) and Linguistics - Jesus College, University of Oxford

2014 – 2015: Graduate Diploma of Law - Oxford Brookes University

2015 – 2016: Legal Practice Course - BPP

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