WLA Global Labor and Employment Law Group

Cross-border labor and employment matters arise in many different business contexts and are often intertwined with issues of compliance, global mobility, data protection, immigration, compensation and benefits and corporate transactions.

Today’s diverse, mobile workforce is creating unprecedented challenges and opportunities for business leaders around the world. With lawyers in member law firms across the globe, WLA Global Labor & Employment Law Group has cultivated a varied and diverse blend of expertise, experience and local knowledge to help your company almost everywhere it does business.

Advisory

Recruitment and hiring, drafting and negotiating employment contracts, agency and contractor arrangements, secondments, employee relations, works councils and unions, flexible working, diversity and equality, hours and pay, corporate governance, boardroom and senior executive issues, grievance handling, whistle-blowing and disciplinary issues.

Employee Incentives & Pensions

Employee share and incentive plans, innovative remuneration structures, pensions and employee tax, ERISA, share plans and stock options.

Transactional

Employment aspects of mergers, acquisitions, outsourcings, relocations and restructurings with extensive experience in the management of multi-jurisdictional projects. In countries where we do not have an office, we are experienced in coordinating and managing advice from locally qualified employment experts.

Litigation

Extensive experience in contentious matters and dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation of employee claims including in respect of whistle-blowing, discrimination and equality, bonus disputes, protection of confidential information and restrictive covenants.

Immigration

Business immigration advice in key jurisdictions.