Helga Breen
London
Partner, Employment
T+44 20 7759 6407
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Professional
Lawrence Graham LLP, Partner 2007 - to date
Jaques & Lewis (now Eversheds) 1992 - 2007 (Partner from 1994)
Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC), Solicitor 1991 - 1992
Linklaters & Paines, Assistant Solicitor 1986 - 1991
Trained at Church Adams Tatham & Co (now Thomas Eggar) 1984 - 1986

Expertise
Helga specialises in employment law.  Her particular interests are project management, collective redundancies, business transfers and outsourcings, mergers and acquisitions, boardroom disputes and executive recruitment and terminations.  Helga has developed high level expertise in change programmes and efficiency improvements especially in the public sector.

Experience

Specialising in the management of complex projects, Helga has led multi-disciplinary teams advising clients in different sectors on the employment law, human resources and employee relations aspects of mass redundancies, outsourcings, change programmes and the establishment and operation of public bodies, including:

  • The Financial Services Authority
  • The Financial Ombudsman Scheme
  • The Financial Services Compensation Scheme
  • The Office of Communications
  • Natural England
  • The Commission for Equality and Human Rights
  • The Legal Services Board
  • The Office for Legal Complaints

Acted successfully for the office for Legal Complaints in the Law Society of England and Wales v the Secretary of State for Justice and the OLC [2010] EWHC35



Testimonials

"Helga Breen receives superb praise from her clients, many of whom point to her wealth of experience and her forthright approach. "She tells the truth even if I don't want to hear it and talks in a language that I understand," one impressed source notes." - Chambers UK 2012

 

"Helga Breen acted successfully for the OLC in the groundbreaking Law Society of England and Wales v Secretary of State for Justice and the OLC." - The Legal 500 2011

 

Ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers (where she is commended for her "tenacious approach and no nonsense advice" as well as for "excelling at handling International disputes").  She appears in their Leading Experts sections.



Services

  • Employment litigation
  • Employment
  • More4Counsel

Sectors
  • Public sector
  • Waste
  • Financial institutions
  • Real estate
  • Media, sports and communications
  • Healthcare
  • Technology
  • Hotels
  • Ports
  • Projects and infrastructure
  • Energy, renewables and cleantech
  • Insurance and reinsurance
  • Retail
  • Hospitality and leisure
  • Natural resources
  • Infrastructure and government

Memberships
  • Employment Lawyers' Association
  • City of London Law Society Employment Law Subcommittee


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