For today’s employers, managing a global workforce is more complex—and more consequential—than ever. Organizations must navigate fast-moving regulatory change, heightened worker protections, evolving pay transparency and equity requirements, increasing scrutiny of AI in the workplace, and growing expectations from employees, unions, works councils and regulators alike. These pressures are intensified by heightened geopolitical risk, shifting trade and immigration policies, and increasing government intervention that directly affect where and how companies operate and deploy talent. At the same time, employers face mounting pressure to restructure and transform their workforces, move talent across borders with speed and agility, and retain critical talent through reorganizations, spin-offs and other periods of disruption. Success in this environment requires not only legal compliance, but forward-looking workforce strategies grounded in a deep understanding of local law and global business realities.
Day-to-day workforce management sits at the core of our practice. Our fully integrated Employment & Compensation Practice provide multinationals with a global view and a unique ability to provide practical advice across multiple jurisdictions in key areas like performance management, terminations and redundancies, pay equity and transparency, leaves of absence and disability accommodation, restrictive covenants, equity incentive plans, and more.
We advise multinational employers on implementing local employment rules across jurisdictions, including drafting and updating employee handbooks, workplace policies and codes of conduct that are globally consistent yet locally compliant. Our team counsels on restrictive covenants and confidentiality protections, designs and implements global equity, reward and incentive programs, and helps move employees across borders quickly and within budget. We deliver pragmatic, business-focused guidance that helps employers act decisively while minimizing legal and operational risk.
A core strength of our practice is guiding employers through cross-border growth and transformation. We support companies entering new markets, optimizing engagement models, and deploying talent globally in a compliant and cost-effective way. We advise on global mobility and immigration strategies, employee transfers, and the employment, compensation and benefits issues that arise in acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, reorganizations and post-transaction integrations. Our people-centric approach helps clients preserve value, maintain continuity and minimize disruption during periods of significant business change.
We are also trusted advisors on labor relations and workforce disputes. We represent global employers in collective bargaining and works council negotiations and develop industrial relations strategies that are globally aligned and locally compliant. When disputes arise, we bring deep experience handling sensitive, bet-the-company matters involving discrimination and harassment claims, pay equity, restrictive covenants, trade secrets and complex collective actions—always with an eye toward protecting both business interests and brand reputation.
We are the only law firm ranked Band 1 by Chambers Global for Employment year after year. Our Employment & Compensation team combines unrivaled global reach with deep local expertise, enabling us to deliver seamless, integrated advice across jurisdictions, industries and practice areas. Working as one global team, we help employers manage risk, unlock opportunity and build resilient workforces wherever they operate.
