The wide-ranging employment practice at Linklaters LLP encompasses strategic advisory work, investigations, and high-profile litigation. In addition, the group is also active in large transactional mandates, and represents employers across a wide range of sectors, including media, mining, and technology. The team frequently advises on workplace culture, diversity and inclusion and the future of work, particularly the use of AI in the workplace. Nicola Rabson offers a wealth of experience in High Court and Employment Tribunal litigation, whilst Sinead Casey is geared to support on crisis management mandates and investigations with regulatory and criminal aspects. Nick Marshall has a strong focus on employee disputes, and Emma Gray works on a multitude of advisory, contentious, and transactional employment matters.
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‘Strength, depth, speed, and highly intelligent. Linklaters is an outstanding employment team at the top of its game.’
‘Nicola Rabson is an exceptional leader but is able to combine gritty legal analysis with amazing client-handling skills. Judith Sutton is an empathetic, highly efficient and incisive Counsel. Avani Agarwal, Irfan Allana and Alice Hoskins are super-competent, efficient and have great careers ahead of them.’
‘The standout practitioner is Nicola Rabson who is just fantastic. Seen it all, done it all. Unflappable. Great judgment. And other partners now stepping up and doing some excellent work.’
'Sinead Casey is building her profile as a partner. Really hard working and excellent judgment.'
‘The team are fantastic. Not only are they knowledgeable and credible, they are approachable and friendly. The team want to work alongside their clients and provide pragmatic solutions.’
‘Sinead Casey and Julie Toal are particularly exceptional, however, all of the team at Linklaters are superb and a joy to work with. The team are professional but also so personable. The relationship they build with their clients and the level of service offered is exceptional. Not only are they technically and legally astute, but they really want to get to know our businesses and work alongside us closely, like an extension to our in-house team.’
'The Linklaters employment team are involved in some of the most high-profile employment disputes and provide excellent legal and commercial advice to their clients. Being instructed by them as Counsel involves being part of a wonderful team.'
'Nicola Rabson has previously led this excellent team which is now being led by the brilliant Sinead Casey. I’m sure that under Sinead’s leadership the Linklaters team will continue to grow from strength to strength. Sinead Casey is highly adept at crisis management and is often involved in providing advice in high profile disputes and ensuring the best results are achieved for her clients. She is acutely aware of the importance of reputation management as one of the arrows in her quiver.'
'Linklaters' team is packed full of experience, intellect and nous. They can take on anything, have strength in depth and are rightly regarded as top drawer.'
'Nicola Rabson: a superstar lawyer with a dedicated following. Judith Sutton: clever, measured, realistic.'
Key clients
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Anglo American
- Britvic
- Carrier Global Corporation
- BP
Work highlights
Alongside Gemma White KC, conducted an independent review for the BBC in relation to Tim Westwood.
Advised Endeavour Mining on the high profile termination of its Chief Executive Officer for serious misconduct.
Advised Britvic Plc on its board-approved takeover by Carlsberg A/S for £3.3bn, combining two major bottlers of PepsiCo Inc. soft drinks.
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Practice head
Nicola Rabson
Other key lawyers
Sinead Casey; Nick Marshall; Emma Gray; Julie Toal; Judith Sutton