Suzanne Horne spearheads the practice at Paul Hastings LLP, which frequently advises employers on a variety of complex employment litigation in employment tribunals and in the High Court. It is skilled at handling multi-jurisdictional projects. These projects include advising on business reorganisations, integrations, and redundancies, in addition to hiring and firing. The group often supports its PE, M&A and real estate finance departments on transactions.
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Suzanne Horne is a partner and head of the International Employment practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. She has a broad-ranging practice covering all aspects of employment law and employment-related matters advising both U.K. and international clients. Ms. Horne provides practical and commercially driven advice on both contentious and non-contentious matters with a focus on business transfers, outsourcings, insolvencies, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investments, and the application of TUPE (U.K. business transfer legislation). On the international front, Ms. Horne also has extensive experience in cross-border, pan-European, and multinational projects including business reorganization, integrations, redundancies, hiring and firing. She has a special interest in advising employers on employee related data protection and privacy matters and high-level litigation.

Education

  • College of Law of England and Wales, L.P.C., 1997
  • King’s College London School of Law, LL.M., 1995

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Testimonials

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  • ‘World class team with an inspirational leader. They achieve astonishing results and are a delight to work with. ’

  • ‘I have worked closely with Suzanne Horne, who is a doyen in the employment sector. She and her team leave no stone unturned in representing their clients and are leaders in their field.’

  • ‘Suzanne Horne is a top-notch employment lawyer who is always available and responsive to her client's needs.’

  • ‘I enjoy the Paul Hastings legal team (and in particular Suzanne Horne as a partner) as it embodies what I expect from a legal advisor: - reactivity - accuracy of answers - capacity to leverage the firm wider capabilities and to coordinate appropriately with other expertise that may be needed.'

  • ‘I appreciate Suzanne's ability to be business oriented and to find solutions.’

  • ‘Suzanne Horne leads a team of excellent solicitors fully competent in the most complex employment matters. She, and thus her team, are also practical and efficient and a pleasure to work with.' 

  • ‘Suzanne Horne is our go-to partner at Paul Hastings, and all the associates she has ever introduced us to have been exemplary.' 

Key clients

  • Verition Fund Management LLP
  • Boomi, Inc.
  • Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group Ltd
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Uphold Europe Limited
  • Eisler Capital
  • Starwood Capital
  • World Vision International
  • Aalto Haps
  • Vonder
  • First Brands
  • Reef Technology, Inc.
  • STG

Work highlights

Acted for a UK subsidiary of Verition Fund Management LLP in its defence against allegations that it hired a star trader from Jump Trading International Ltd. in violation of his non-compete agreement.
Acted for Boomi Inc. on a highly complex, multi-jurisdictional business reorganisation.
Acted for STG in its $1.4bn take-private of Avid Technology. This deal involved a total of 1,403 employees across 23 jurisdictions