Global Human
Capital andCompliance
Clients approach King & Spalding’s Global Human
Capital and Compliance team when they want to take apractical, strategic and commercial approach to global
workforce issues.
We know that multinational clients operate as
coordinated global brands, and not a collection ofdifferent employers from different countries. We
understand the premium placed on good corporate
citizenship and we appreciate the risks and commercial
realities of operating a global business.
Our team has deep experience partnering with ourclients to implement business changes that impact theirpeople — modifying workforce structures, entering newmarkets, or applying a unified corporate culture across a
global workforce.
At its core, our Global Human Capital and Complianceteam helps clients develop and implement centralized
and consistent global solutions to their workforce
compliance, risk, growth and management challenges.
We design workforce systems, processes and documentsthat address the myriad of evolving US and international
labor and employment legal compliance requirements;
assist multinational companies implement businessdriven changes across their global workforce; develop
commercially driven and lawful compensation,
incentive arrangements (cash and equity) and benefit
plans and policies to recruit, manage and retain highperforming and diverse global talent; manage day to day
local, regional and global workforce issues and risk; andinvestigate and address employee misconduct.
The key element that differentiates us from ourcompetitors is our centralized model and the experienceand credentials of our team. We have an integrated teamof highly experienced partners who have dealt withmore than 500 multijurisdictional workforce projects

CapabilityLawyers
Darren G. Gardner
San FranciscoAmanda A. Sonneborn
ChicagoDominic Hodson
San Francisco

Luke A Edwards
OfficeJake Downing
ChicagoRecognition
Member of the team ranked
Band 3 Labor & Employment
in NY
CHAMBERS USA, 2020

Member of the team ranked
Band 1 Labor andEmployment in Georgia
CHAMBERS USA, 2020

Members of the team ranked
as Noted Lawyers in
Employee Benefits,covering 170 countries for some of the world’s largest
companies. We use a central point of contact partner led
client team - to ensure efficiency and consistency and tocapture and apply our experience and institutional
knowledge. Our international employment experience,
particularly across Asia, is second to none.
Our deep experience really counts as we are able toanticipate and address the hurdles across multiple legal
jurisdictions at one time. We don’t just provide information,
we address the actual issues in the context of our clients’business goals. The scope of our experience is very broadand our advice is commercially driven, covering the full
employment life-cycle for complex transactional, strategic,and compliance workforce matters.
Transactional
Employment and labor issues arising from cross-bordermergers and acquisitions, spinoffs, joint ventures andoutsourcings:
HR due diligenceinternational employment structures
advice regarding union and/or works council
consultation
business transfer issues
post-transaction workforce integration issues
Strategic
Strategic and commercial HR arrangements:
employment and contingent workforce arrangements
and structures - including for remote work
retirement, health and benefit plansconfidential information and IP issues
executive compensation and equity plansinternational assignment/ transfer structuresgeneral retention and and compensation arrangements- including commission and bonus arrangements
non-compete/non-solicitation arrangements
terminations—complex individual and large-scale
reductions in force;
Compliance
Multijurisdictional compliance-related employment law
issues:employment documents, workplace policies,
handbooks and company regulations
working hours/overtime
leave entitlements and requirements
health & safety

executive comp, andretirement plans:transactions
LEGAL 500, 2020

Member of the team has won
more than 30 internationaland US awards includingInternational Attorney of theYearprivacy & data protection, including protection ofemployers' proprietary and confidential information
anti-discrimination and harassment issues
corporate compliance measures such as codes ofconduct, whistleblowing, and anti-bribery programs
management of employee grievances/claims

Cases & Deals
October 25, 2022
Spring Holding to File a Draft Simplified Public Tender
Offer to Purchase Outstanding Shares of ManutanInternational
October 18, 2022
Almerys group to close its first LBO
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Insights
CLIENT ALERTOctober 18, 2024
NLRB General Counsel Announces Intention to Pursue
Expansive Remedies for Non-Compete Agreements andto Target So-Called “Stay or Pay” Agreements
CLIENT ALERTOctober 17, 2024
DIFC and Abu Dhabi Courts Uphold DIFC-LCIA Arbitration
Agreements
CLIENT ALERTOctober 15, 2024
Newsflash – What do the UK’s new employment laws
mean for Financial Services?
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Events
WEBINARMay 2, 2024
Client Briefing: FTC Final Rule on Non-Compete
Agreements
WEBINAR
January 24, 2024
California MCLE Institute
WEBINAR
January 18, 2023
California MCLE Institute
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IN THE NEWS
October 6, 2024

Tessa Cranfield discusses the disability pay gap in the UK,
which is the gap between median pay for disabledemployees and non disabled employees
IN THE NEWS
August 21, 2024
Amanda Sonneborn comments on the Federal Trade
Commission suffering its first definitive loss before aTexas federal court in its rulemaking push to ban
employment noncompete agreements
IN THE NEWS
July 29, 2024
Amanda Sonneborn comments on the National Labor
Relations Board’s recent rule that will make it harder forunionized employees who no longer want to be
represented by a union to choose
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