Working closely with its teams in the US, the employment practice at Paul Hastings LLP is geared to support on complex litigation in both Employment Tribunals and the High Court in addition to transactional work and multi-jurisdictional projects. Suzanne Horne, who leads the team, regularly advises on equity incentives, harassment, and discrimination in the workplace, and is particularly impressive in disputes, investigations, and employee transitions. Chris Jones is also recommended.
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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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  • ‘The team is extremely quick to grasp the commercial issues and then to want to address them in a practical and pragmatic way. They have the ability to translate complicated legal concepts to something comprehensible to facilitate clear decision making. Very user-friendly.’

  • ‘Suzanne Horne is great to work with, cuts to the chase and stands her ground. Chris Jones is extremely capable and great to work with - a total team player.’

Key clients

  • The Boeing Company
  • Verition Fund Management LLP

Work highlights

Acting for the Boeing Company on the UK and French aspects of its acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems (“Spirit”), a key supplier, for approximately $8.3 billion.