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ELLINT’s international network brings together specialised Employment and Labor Lawyers from 15 countries across Europe and in China to assist businesses with the numerous human resources management challenges they regularly face, locally and globally.

From dismissals to downsizing, executives to entrepreneurs, labour relations to litigation, maternity to mobility, negotiations to non-competition, performance and privacy, and much more. ELLINT’s members provide advice reactively and proactively to facilitate business now and in the future through strategic workforce management, whether you are a start-up, SME, or multinational.

Below you will find just some of the many ways ELLINT’s members can assist your organisation today:

  • Doyle Clayton is “the country’s leading specialist law firm in employment”.

    LEGAL 500 UK | 2020

  • ‘Zawirska Ruszczyk Gąsior provides full-service employment law advice. Very strong, professional team and easy to work with. Their work is always completed to a very high standard.’

    LEGAL 500 EMEA | 2020

  • Sotra’s team is “proactive, responsive and always available.” Clients admire the flexibility of the lawyers, in addition to their “deep knowledge of the social legislation.”

    CHAMBERS EUROPE | 2019

  • ‘Lexellent are clever, highly pragmatical and always open to give the best advice to avoid unnecessary risks.’

    ‘Excellent and up-to-date command of the national labour law. Able to compare national legal requirements or actions with international ones. Excellent and modern communication skills and style. Highly efficient and confident in managing court hearings.’

    LEGAL 500 EMEA | 2020

  • Sotra’s “lawyers have a lot of experience and knowledge in labour law.”

    CHAMBERS EUROPE | 2020

  • Baohua Law Firm’s team ‘have a good understanding of foreign companies’ management and cultures, as well as their needs.’

    CHAMBERS ASIA-PACIFIC | 2020

  • ‘Market sources are quick to highlight McInnes Dunne’s “strong offering” in the employment law space.’

    CHAMBERS EUROPE | 2020

  • Interviewees particularly highlight Adam & Bleser’s work on behalf of employees in litigation, with commentators reporting that the team is “reliable” and provides “good technical points.”

    CHAMBERS EUROPE | 2020

  • Doyle Clayton’s team is a “renowned group of individuals with an enviable reputation as specialists in the field”. “The team are personable, technically extremely strong and will go more than the extra yard for their clients. Alongside of that, their industry sector knowledge and experience is uniquely broad and deep. They are a true ally and their advice is always commercially balanced.”

    LEGAL 500 UK | 2021

  • ‘Responsive’ employment law boutique MGG Legal ‘provides practical solutions’.

    LEGAL 500 EMEA | 2019

  • Mette Klingsten ‘has experience in a range of matters spanning the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements through to the litigation of discrimination cases.’

    CHAMBERS EUROPE | 2019

  • Doyle Clayton is a “high-class outfit with breadth of experience”. Its lawyers are “brilliant – always responsive, reliable and practical in their approach” and “knowledgeable and very experienced in their field; they are excellent”.

    CHAMBERS UK 2021

  • “Baohua Law Firm is a specialist employment law firm with well-recognised expertise”.

    “Their core strengths are that they are familiar with multinationals’ culture, internal processes and management practices. They have good business sense and practical experience, and their solutions and recommendations are effective and can be implemented.”

    CHAMBERS ASIA-PACIFIC | 2021

International Services

Human Resource Policies: Cross Border & Domestic

Litigation : Cross Border & Domestic

Restructurings & Reorganisations

Transfers of Employees & Businesses Across Borders

International Secondments & Business Immigration

Human Resource Strategies: Cross Border & Domestic

Human Resource Policies: Cross Border & Domestic

Managing an international workforce, harmonising and streamlining global policies can bring local and international challenges. ELLINT facilitates the fluid management of your workforce locally and internationally.

  • Anti-Harassment, Discrimination and Bullying
  • Equal Opportunities, Diversity & Inclusion
  • Duties and Responsibilities
  • Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures
  • Flexible, Full and Part-Time Working Arrangements
  • Health and Safety
  • Long-Term Incentives, Awards and Share Option Schemes
  • Maternity, Paternity and other family Leave policies
  • Mobility and Overseas Placements
  • Restrictions on Competition and Protection of Confidential Information
  • Pensions & Benefits
  • Privacy and Social Media Policies
  • Secondment & Consultancy Agreements
  • Smart Working and Flexible Work
  • Training
  • Working Time
  • …and much more

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Litigation : Cross Border & Domestic

ELLINT’s team works in unison to provide cross-border advice to employers to avoid or defuse potential conflicts.

In addition, where necessary, ELLINT’s team undertakes negotiations on behalf of clients as well as representing them in court, nationally and internationally.

  • Appeals
  • Breach of Contract Claims
  • Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings
  • Discrimination Claims
  • Injunctions and Restraining Orders
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Court and Tribunal Representation
  • Protection of Confidential Information and Trade Secrets
  • Whistleblowing
  • Workplace Crime
  • ..and much more

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Restructurings & Reorganisations

In the current economic climate businesses are seeking to strategically optimise the productivity of their human capital nationally and internationally. Others must confront workforce restructuring by necessity.

ELLINT’s team of professionals work together to assist businesses with the coordination and implementation of both national and international restructurings and reorganisations.

  • Due Diligence
  • Individual DismissalsCollective Dismissals
  • European Work Councils
  • Harmonisation Procedures
  • Project Planning
  • Outsourcing Plans
  • Risk & Liability Review
  • Severance Packages
  • Societas Europaea (SE)
  • Trade Union Negotiations
  • … and much more

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Transfers of Employees & Businesses Across Borders

Businesses are continually looking to increase efficiency and decrease expenditure. Often this can occur through the transfer of employees, business or business units to other countries, both within and beyond the borders of the European Union.

ELLINT’s specialised professionals have a wealth of experience in advising clients on both the strategic transfer of their employees and businesses across borders, in addition to hiring foreign nationals, whether it be for a fixed term contract or permanent roles.

ELLINT’s extensive network of international contacts, built up over years of working in the sector, also allows us to centrally coordinate advice to companies on overseas transfers of business.

  • Collective Bargaining Agreements
  • Due Diligence
  • Duty to Inform & Consult
  • Employment Terms & Conditions
  • European Works Councils
  • Incentives
  • Relocation Packages
  • Repatriation Clauses
  • Risk & Liability Review
  • Pension Review
  • Privacy: Data & Personnel
  • Trade Union Negotiations
  • … and much more

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International Secondments & Business Immigration

Businesses may wish to temporarily assign key employees abroad so that host companies and overseas businesses can benefit from their skills and expertise.

ELLINT’s members regularly advise on the legal implications of international assignments in both the home and host countries and helps you to prepare all assignment-related documentation and terms.

ELLINT’s team can also assist with business immigration issues for companies hiring foreign nationals from outside the EU/EEA.

  • Best Practices
  • BREXIT Impact
  • Business Travel Visas
  • Compliance Requirements
  • Entrepreneur Visas
  • Expatriates
  • Government Incentives
  • Investor Visas
  • Migrant Worker Visas
  • Relocation Packages
  • Secondments
  • Sponsored Worker Licences
  • …and much more

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Human Resource Strategies: Cross Border & Domestic

Employment and Labor Laws are in constant evolution in all jurisdictions. ELLINT helps you to plan and implement successful strategies by understanding your business and the immediate and potential legal landscape which may affect it.

ELLINT’s team has decades of experience advising on and developing flexible forward-looking strategies to assist clients to achieve short and long-term business and Human Resource management objectives.

  • Due Diligence
  • Equal Opportunities
  • Government Incentives
  • Horizontal & Vertical Management Structures
  • Long-Term Incentives, Awards and Share Option Schemes
  • Organisational Development
  • Organisational Flexibility
  • Outsourcing
  • Performance Objectives
  • Restrictions on Competition and Protection of Confidential Information
  • Work Plans
  • Training & Development
  • Whistleblowing
  •  … and much more

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