Paul Quain

England

Littler · Paul Quain is a co-founder of Littler United Kingdom and Littler Ireland and one of London’s most well-known employment lawyers. Paul has particular experience in complex, high value employment disputes which require a strategic solution. He regularly advises on team moves and theft of confidential information matters which require High Court injunctions, often with a global, multi-jurisdiction element, bonus disputes, commercial agency disputes, discrimination cases and TUPE. He specialises in collective bargaining, trade union disputes and European Works Councils and is particularly commended for his tactical approach in litigation matters which helps deliver the desired outcome. Paul is also a fully trained and CEDR accredited mediator and an expert in dispute resolution in the employment field. Paul has worked on some reported high-profile employment law cases including; obtaining an injunction for a venture capital business against an employee who had taken confidential information and securing the return of the information; defending a bank against a multi-million pound discrimination and victimisation claim and defending a large investment bank against a TUPE claim brought by fifty individuals. Paul’s earlier experience includes cases which are household names in the employment law world including Keen v Commerzbank (a seminal Court of Appeal on discretionary bonuses), Stransky v Bristol Rugby Club and Rutherford v the DTI.

England