At Hogan Lovells International LLP, Stefan Martin is immensely experienced at coordinating significant multinational projects. Martin's wealth of experience in the financial services sector, combined with his ability to settle complex tribunal claims, mean that he is frequently sought after by large financial institutions. Ed Bowyer regularly handles discrimination, harassment and unfair dismissal claims. Anvita Sharma is another key figure, who advises on diverse matters such as disciplinary and grievance processes, as well as the employment aspects of corporate deals.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A strong team, especially in the High Court employment space. Capable and effective lawyers.’

  • ‘I have worked for many years with Ed Bowyer and Stefan Martin, both of whom I hold in the highest regard for their legal ability and also commercial nous.’

  • ‘The team have great knowledge of the financial services sector. They are pragmatic, user-friendly, achieve great results for their clients. They work exceptionally well with their Counsel, creating a very strong team for their clients.’

  • ‘Ed Bowyer is absolutely charming and exceptionally knowledgeable. He deals with difficult opponents with grace and ease and ends up with them eating out of his hand.'

  • 'Stefan Martin is a tough negotiator and great tactician.'
  • ‘Both Ed Bowyer and Stefan Martin are very commercially, outcome orientated. They are also very responsive, which is important as urgent, time sensitive issues are commonplace in the employment field.’

Key clients

  • Mercer
  • Shaftesbury plc
  • Diligent Corporation

Work highlights

  • Acting for Mercer in relation to the sale of its US health and benefits administration and UK pension administration businesses, which include operations in both India and Portugal.
  • Advised Shaftesbury PLC and its Board on all of the employment aspects of its merger – the UK's largest share-for-share merger since 2019.
  • Advise Diligent Corporation on all aspects of employment law in the UK and provides day-to-day employment law advice on the entire range of employment law issues.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Stefan Martin

Other key lawyers

Ed Bowyer, Anvita Sharma