Employment & Pensions

Our employment team advises clients on all aspects of employment law including litigation, transactional and advisory matters.

We assist in the navigating employment risks at all levels in addition to providing strategic, board-level advice on employment-related and compliance matters, as well as day-to-day support for human resources departments and in-house counsels.

Our employment team advises on:

• Employment agreements and policies, employee severance, structuring of compensation and benefits, consulting and secondment arrangements, termination of contracts, confidentiality and non-compete arrangements.
• All forms of employment litigation, mediation and dispute resolution.
• Employment aspects of mergers, takeovers and buyouts.
• Taxation issues and other legal requirements that arise when sending employees to foreign countries and recruiting from abroad.
• Employee communication, drafting service regulations and handbooks.
• Conducting disciplinary proceedings and related documentation.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion guidance, including under Indian law on the prevention of workplace sexual harassment, where team members serve as enquiry committee members and conduct investigations in compliance with the law and employer practices.
• Whistleblower, harassment and FCPA investigations.
• Employment law audits, reduction-in-force (RIF) exercises, and employment law training exercises for Legal and HR personnel.
• Representation of employers with unionised workforces on all aspects of industrial relations, including negotiating collective bargaining agreements, strategising business and operational requirements, liaising with regulatory authorities, and managing communications regarding strikes and lockouts.