DLA Piper has a wealth of expertise across a wide array of employment matters, assisting numerous notable companies such as Microsoft, TikTok, and Pfizer. The group regularly handles a variety of mandates involving the review of employment agreements, termination proceedings, and data protection compliance, with the team notably excelling in the negotiation of amicable terminations with managers and directors through mediation. Mehdi Kettani leads the practice, utilising his broad experience the manufacturing, consumer goods, and healthcare sectors to assist clients with both contentious and non-contentious mandates. Adil Mouline is a key name within the practice.

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Key clients

  • Amazon
  • Pfizer
  • TikTok
  • HCL Technologies
  • HP
  • NTT Data
  • Microsoft
  • Bearingpoint
  • Michelin
  • Capgemini
  • Fresenius Medical Care
  • FHI 360
  • Mondelez
  • Four Seasons Hotels
  • Melia Hotels
  • Tech Mahindra Limited
  • Gallet Protection
  • Fruit of the Loom

Work highlights

  • Advising Amazon on day-to-day employment legal issues, termination of employees, and employment disputes.
  • Advising TikTok on day-to-day employment legal issues, including amicable settlements relating to the termination of employees, and with the implementation of an RSU agreement.
  • Assisting NTT Data with employment disputes.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mehdi Kettani

Other key lawyers

Adil Mouline