Sabrina Bodson

Sabrina focuses on employment-related advisory work. She covers the full life-cycle of the employment relationship, from hiring to termination, including the drafting of complex contracts, the negotiation of senior employee exits and the assistance in the context of investigations around conduct issues, notably harassment.

Sabrina routinely advises clients on employment matters relating to reorganizations and restructurings, including negotiations of collective dismissals with staff representatives and unions, government representatives (including Ministers) and opposing counsels in all sectors including industry and financial services. Sabrina is particularly recognised for her ability to deliver strategic advice combining both commercial and technical capabilities and manage the fine line between shareholder expectations, local culture and practices and local management's own expectations.

Additionally, she has a broad experience in all contemporary employment law and HR topics, including diversity and inclusion, remote working, employee mobility and relocation, staff sharing arrangements as well as office build-ups. Sabrina also focuses in personnel questions in the regulated environment and is in particular a renowned professional in remuneration policies in the financial sector. She regularly assists banks, management companies, other financial players, insurance and listed companies in the design and drafting of remuneration policies, incentive plans, recruitment, retention and termination packages as well as in relation to regulatory audits. She brings her significant experience in this area to the service of clients, whom she advises on the topic of pay transparency and equality – a topic on which she has served as a keynote speaker for major national industry bodies including those in the industrial, banking, insurance sectors as well as trade associations.

• Provided employment and immigration law assistance in the set up and running of various foreign banks.
• Provided remuneration policy assistance to various (including significant) banks, AIFMs, insurance and listed companies in the design and implementation of remuneration policies and plans (e.g. LTIP) for management board members.
• Advising and representing clients in the negotiations with unions, staff delegation and government representatives of collective dismissals.
• Advising and representing clients in the negotiation of exits of senior executives of regulated and non-regulated companies.
• Advising and representing clients in their interactions with employment administrations (social security, ITM, ADEM, etc.).
• Assisting in complex contract design and negotiations, policy set up (handbook, workplace culture/anti-harassment, right to disconnect, remote work, working time, etc.).

• Partners and Chambers, 2025: "Band 3": "Sabrina Bodson is a strategic thinker with strong tactics and negotiation skills. She is always ready to take the extra step."; "Sabrina Bodson is always responsive and provides excellent advice tailored to our business."
• Legal 500, 2025: "Leading Associate": "Sabrina Bodson is reactive, pragmatic and displays strong attention to detail without losing the overall picture and strategy."
• Legal 500, 2024: "Rising Star": "The excellent Sabrina Bodson is hands-on, pragmatic and has excellent knowledge of the law. She has very strong leadership capabilities, not afraid of speaking up and holding to her opinion."
• Legal 500, 2023: "Rising Star": "The arrival in April 2022 of counsel Sabrina Bodson from Allen & Overy Luxembourg has considerably strengthened Baker McKenzie’s employment offering in light of her strong advisory capability across a range of issues, including remuneration policies, employee mobility, social security and staff restructuring. Annie Elfassi heads the team and is the principal contact for contentious employment matters."
• Legal 500, 2021, 2020: "Rising Star": "Sabrina Bodson is particularly accomplished at advising on remuneration policies in the banking and financial sector." (Legal 500, 2020)
• "Next generation lawyer" (Legal 500, 2019): "very professional and empathetic’ senior associate Sabrina Bodson has developed a market-leading reputation on EU remuneration regulations and is appreciated for her understanding of ‘how these interact with the employment arena.’" 
• "Associate to watch" (Chambers and Partners, 2017, 2018): "a promising senior associate with a focus on individual employment, immigration and remuneration policies. One client highlights her "excellent technical knowledge" adding: "She left a particularly good impression on me. She was responsive and enthusiastic." (Chambers and Partners, 2017)

• Employment Law Specialists Association (ELSA)
• Diversity Committee (AMCHAM)