Paul Callaghan

Paul is Head of the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group in the UK. He works with UK and North American companies, particularly from the tech, life sciences and financial services sectors.

Paul's recognised as a leading international employment lawyer, and is licensed to work in New York as well as the UK. Paul has extensive experience in complex advisory and litigation work, and advises corporate clients in the UK, US and Canada on all of their UK legal needs.

He leads our Canada desk, as well as our ‘EMEA General Counsel’ offering to North American clients.

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职业发展

Since 2005	Partner, Taylor Wessing
2000 - 2005	Associate, Taylor Wessing

教育

1997	Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1993	LLM, London School of Economics
1992	LLB, London School of Economics

Publications

International Labor & Employment Laws
Restrictive Covenants & Trade Secrets in Employment Law (co-author), 31 Dec 2010
Workplace Data Privacy Law (International Chapter)

会员资格和附属关系

European Employment Lawyers Association
American Employment Law Council

语言

English

专长

执业领域和服务团队就业、养老金和流动性雇佣移民与流动性

行业技术、媒体与通信 (TMC)金融机构和保险酒店与休闲私人财富消费与零售音乐金融科技教育技术广告与营销广告技术

Experience

Vinted become latest European Unicorn after closing EUR128 million Series E round financing

Vinted, Europe's largest online international C2C marketplace dedicated to second-hand fashion, on its EUR128 million Series E round financing which values the company at over EUR1 billion.The round was led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers including Sprints Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Accel and Burda Principal Investments.

奖励

WWL Thought Leaders 2021	Global Elite - Labour & Employment
Chambers UK 2020	Leading individual - Employment: Employer (Band 4): Paul Callaghan heads the firm's UK employment group and fields extensive expertise handling international employment matters, both advisory and contentious. Sources describe him as "a very good lawyer and client relationship partner who is a very safe pair of hands to have on your side."
Legal 500 UK 2019	Leading individual - Employment: Employer: The team is led by Paul Callaghan, whose practice focuses on US and Canadian companies in the tech, life sciences and retail sectors.
Chambers UK 2019	Leading individual - Employment: Employer (Band 4): An impressed source says Paul Callaghan "makes me feel as though I am his only client," and praises him for providing "very clear legal advice while also considering the business impact." He leads the firm's employment team and is noted for his work with US clients.
Chambers UK 2018	Leading individual - Employment (Band 4): Paul Callaghan has a broad employment practice which involves advising clients from the life sciences, technology and retail sectors. One impressed source says: "Paul is very knowledgeable and is very quick to understand the issues that may affect us."