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Sean Nesbitt

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Chambers and Partners UK 2024

Employment - Band 3: “Sean is a very open and responsive lawyer who is always willing to help and explore practical approaches to the problem.”

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Sean is the Head of our international Employment, Pensions & Mobility team. Sean's recognised as one of the UK's leading employment lawyers. He deals with all aspects of employment work, including executive employment and termination, commercial transactions, and business transfers.

Clients describe Sean as a commercial and innovative adviser. He has extensive experience of employment law in the context of commercial transactions, including outsourcings and international reorganisations. He advises on collective redundancies and consultation, complex benefits issues and individual employment disputes, particularly those with an international element.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
Multi-service
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Disputes & investigations
Employment
Joint ventures
Immigration & mobility
Trade secrets
Class actions, collective redress & mass consumer claims

Sectors

Business & professional services
Consumer & retail
Financial institutions & insurance

CV

Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1998 - 2002 Partner and previously a senior associate, Garrets
1996 BA Hons, University of Oxford

Career

Since 2002 Partner, Taylor Wessing
1998 - 2002 Partner and previously a senior associate, Garrets

Education

1996 BA Hons, University of Oxford

Publications

Staff seek greater flexibility as they get older, Personnel Today, 2 December 2019

 

Memberships & Associations

Industrial Law Society
IBA Employment, Immigration and Discrimination Committees
Employment Lawyers' Association
European Employment Lawyers' Association

Additional languages

English French

Awards

Chambers and Partners UK 2024

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Employment - Band 3: “Sean is a very open and responsive lawyer who is always willing to help and explore practical approaches to the problem.”

Chambers and Partners UK 2023

Employment (employer) - Band 3: Sean Nesbitt continues to advise international and domestic clients on a broad array of employment issues. He routinely assists employers in the financial, retail and professional services sectors. "He's a consummate professional with amazing responsiveness and genuine and authentic care for his clients." "He is very bright and personable." "He is an intelligent practitioner."

Legal 500 UK 2023

Employment (employers) - Ranked: ‘Sean Nesbitt is a top notch adviser and a great ally. He has tackled many complex issues for us.’

Legal 500 UK 2022

Employment - employers

Leading individual - Employment: Employer (Band 3): Sean Nesbitt continues to advise international and domestic clients from the financial, retail and professional services sectors on a broad array of employment issues. Interviewees describe him as "a pragmatic lawyer who is very well liked by clients."

Leading individual - Employment: Employer (Band 3): Sean Nesbitt is "a very good strategist and provides very pithy, sound advice," according to sources. He assists clients with day-to-day employment issues as well as advising on employment litigation.

Leading individual - Employment (Band 3): Sean Nesbitt is considered by sources to be "a really innovative lawyer who knows how to read the legal market." He is known for his representation of clients in the financial services sector and for his expertise on issues of insolvency and whistle-blowing.

Leading individual - Employment

Leading individual - Employment

Leading individual: Labour and Employment

Leading individual - Employment: A client commented that Sean cuts through the irrelevant issues and always has a firm grasp on the commercial issues that matter.

Experience

Ongoing employment law advice

An international car rental company on providing comprehensive employment law advisory in M&A-projects as well as regarding ongoing matters in recruitment and HR management

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Claudia Jonath
Dr. Kilian Friemel

Directors of listed companies and their professionals

Directors of listed companies and their professionals on governance, employee disputes and strategic dispute resolution.

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Marc van Gelder

Investment managers, partners and directors of banks

Investment managers, partners and directors of banks on LLP membership, immigration strategy, partnership disputes and settlements.

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International investment and professional services employees

International investment and professional services employees on litigation between UAE and UK and appeals to overturn jurisdiction findings.

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A leading professional services firm

A leading professional services firm on employee issues on insolvency, an employee helpline and staff training.

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An international mobility services company

An international mobility services company on an employment strategy, acquisitions and outsourcing, data handling and non-compete litigation.

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