Seyfarth Shaw Expands International Labor & Employment Practice with Addition of European Employment Attorney Simeon Spencer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP, one of America’s leading full-service law firms, today announced that Simeon Spencer has joined the firm as a partner in the firm’s International Labor & Employment Practice Group. Spencer brings with him Associate Anna Margolis. Both will be resident in the firm’s New York office. Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Spencer was a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in London where he led that firm’s European Employment practice. Margolis was an associate in Morgan Lewis’ London office.

Spencer’s practice focuses on European employment matters and the complex challenges that they present. His work covers all areas of employment law, including corporate support work on M&A, outsourcing and IPO deals. Spencer has developed a focus on collective and individual redundancies and reorganizations, particularly of a multi-jurisdictional nature across Europe. His practice also encompasses European collective labor law and trade union law. Spencer is also well known for his complex employment litigation experience.

“The addition of Simeon to our International Labor & Employment Practice Group builds on our already market-leading practice,” said J. Stephen Poor, Chair and Managing Partner of Seyfarth Shaw. “Simeon’s multi-jurisdictional European experience will strengthen our abilities to seamlessly meet our clients’ employment law needs throughout Europe.”

“Simeon is a leading European employment lawyer, and his approach and dedication to world-class client service are a perfect fit with our international employment law practice model,” said Darren G. Gardner, Chair of Seyfarth Shaw’s International Labor & Employment Practice Group. “While Simeon will be resident in our New York office, his focus will be to help service our clients’ European needs and facilitate and nurture our relationships with our partner law firms in Europe.”

In today’s competitive business environment, global employers face an increasingly complex web of multinational, national and local employment laws and regulations. Seyfarth Shaw’s International Labor & Employment Practice Group has developed a formidable reputation both in the United States and abroad for partnering with clients to manage their worldwide workforce issues quickly and effectively, whenever and in whatever jurisdictions they occur. The team’s attorneys have particular experience assisting companies with large multi-jurisdictional employment law projects. These projects generally have a strategic, commercial or compliance purpose. The types of matters the group assists clients with include: global compliance projects; global compensation plan implementation and modification; HR due diligence and the integration of workforces as a result of mergers and acquisitions; workforce restructures; international outsourcings; and the development, review and implementation of contractual employment documents such as offer letters, employment contracts, proprietary information agreements, company regulations, non-compete arrangements and other employment-related documents for countries outside the United States.

“I am thrilled to be joining Seyfarth Shaw’s International Labor & Employment practice,” said Spencer.

“The firm is recognized for having a leading and innovative international employment practice in the United States, and I look forward to leveraging the team’s skills as I work with our partner firms in Europe and service the firm’s existing clients with employment law needs in Europe.”

Spencer earned his LLB (with honors) from the University of Sussex and his LLM (with merit) from London School of Economics. He is a graduate of Inns of Court School of Law and earned a Grade A on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test from BPP Law School. He is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

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