US-Based Employment Law Firm Enters UK Market

Tom Burroughes

28 February 2014

Richard Linskell, an employment law specialist, has recently opened the London office of , a large US-headquartered law firm operating in the employment space and where sectors such as wealth management will form an important source of client.

In the autumn of last year, Ogletree Deakins, a US-based firm, announced it was launching in the UK. It has now opened for business, Linskell told this publication earlier this week.

Linskell, a partner, is joined by two associates. Linskell has 20 years of experience working in the employment law sector, handling non-contentious and contentious matters. Linskell is also deputy chair of the Employment Lawyers Association; he previously worked at Speechly Bircham, where he held the position of partner.

Ogletree Deakins has more than 650 lawyers in 43 offices across the US.