Matthew Berridge

Matthew's practice focuses on all aspects of employment law and he has experience in multi-jurisdictional matters. This includes both the co-ordination of multi-jurisdictional projects and advising on international and domestic transactions. Matthew has also worked on a broad variety of other employment matters including day to day employment issues and advising a number of clients on data protection compliance and employee privacy issues.

• Advising a global corporation on the spin out of a part of their business involving share and asset transfers in over 67 jurisdictions.
• Advising on and negotiating the employment provisions of numerous share and asset purchase agreements.
• Co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional advice on numerous topics including employee grading systems, policy implementations and background checks.
• Advising a global corporation on the establishment of their Special Negotiating Body and European Works Council.
• Advising clients on outsourcing arrangements to a variety of EU and non-EU jurisdictions.
• Advising a global corporation on the implementation of a new global data protection framework.

• Law Society of England & Wales - Member
• Employment Lawyers Association - Member

• Matthew regularly assists with a pro bono matters, and has advised a wide range of pro bono charities across a number of sectors.
• Matthew is also a regular participant in pro-bono and outreach schemes supporting students in their understanding of and entry into the legal profession.