Suzanne Horne is a partner and head of the International Employment practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s London office. She has a broad-ranging practice covering all aspects of employment law and employment-related matters advising both U.K. and international clients. Ms. Horne provides practical and commercially driven advice on both contentious and non-contentious matters with a focus on business transfers, outsourcings, insolvencies, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, investments, and the application of TUPE (U.K. business transfer legislation). On the international front, Ms. Horne also has extensive experience in cross-border, pan-European, and multinational projects including business reorganization, integrations, redundancies, hiring and firing. She has a special interest in advising employers on employee related data protection and privacy matters and high-level litigation.
Paul Hastings LLP
Paul Hastings LLP is recommended for its cross-border capabilities, with the firm handling ongoing employment and HR advice, restructuring and employee transfer matters for multinational companies operating across jurisdictions. The team is led by Suzanne Horne, who is experienced in both litigious work and major international business reorganisation and integration projects. Associate Kirsty Devine is another name to note.
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‘Good knowledge of charity and employment law, friendly, professional, approachable, knowledgeable, taking the time to explain complex work’
‘Kirsty Devine displayed a high level of competency throughout.’
‘Suzanne Horne – A pleasure to deal with, thoughtful, creative, endlessly knowledgeable, and commercially very aware.’
‘Suzanne Horne is an individual I like very much to work with: - she's efficient, clear and easy to work with.’
‘Paul Hastings has provided solid and timely advice to our organisation for many years. It is always timely, practical and delivered in client-friendly (and prompt) communication that always keeps our mission and identity in mind. They are my go-to firm for complex and executive employment matters in the UK.’
‘Suzanne Horne is fantastic; she is both knowledgeable and personable.’
Key clients
- AIG Inc., AIG Financial Products Corp. and AIG Management France, S.A.
- Intel Corporation
- Boomi, Inc.
- Abercrombie & Kent Travel Group Ltd
- McAfee Enterprise (Musarubra US LLC)
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Uphold
- The Bank of London
- Avillion LLP
- Masimo Corporation
- World Vision International
- Luzsana Biotechnology
- Reef Technology, Inc.
- Phantom Technologies, Inc.
Work highlights
- Defended AIG against claims that deferred compensation accounts of bankers in London were improperly reduced based on the losses that were sustained by an AIG subsidiary as a result of the financial crisis in 2008.
- Acted as lead advisers for employment, benefits and equity incentive matters relating to the acquisition of Codeplay by Intel.
- Advising Boomi Inc. on information and consultation obligations, offer letters, employment contracts, HR and data policies, employee benefits and the protection of IP and confidential information relevant to its global workforce of circa 1,300 employees in 29 jurisdictions.
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Suzanne Horne