Chris Stack

Chris has an extensive employment practice, advising businesses on all aspects of UK employment law and global workforce issues. He partners with clients to understand their culture, values, and priorities and is experienced in helping companies navigate the legal and cultural differences arising from different jurisdictions’ employment law regimes.

Chris’s contentious practice involves the management and resolution of a broad range of employment-related litigation, including complex, sensitive and high-value discrimination and whistleblowing claims, as well as disputes involving business protection matters relating to restrictive covenants and the protection of confidential information. In addition, Chris has significant experience in conducting workplace investigations, including into matters relating to conduct and culture, along with issues raised by whistleblowers.

His noncontentious work includes advising on the employment aspects of international M&A, initial public offerings, restructurings and outsourcings, together with leading a wide variety of human resources projects, including executive-level changes, global redundancy plans, employment contract and policy reviews, and workforce integrations. Chris advises a diverse range of clients – from publicly listed multinational organisations and large corporations to startups.

Chris spent more than two years of his career based in San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, focusing on providing advice to US companies on their expansion into the UK, Europe and further afield and managing a global workforce.