Two promotions within boutique firm
GQ Employment Law, the boutique employment law firm, has promoted Sophie Vanhegan from senior associate to partner, and Caroline Baker from associate to senior associate.
Sophie has been at GQ since 2012 when she joined the firm as a senior associate from Linklaters. With extensive experience in both High Court employment litigation and cross-border M&A transactions, Sophie is a true all-round employment lawyer. Her practice encompasses all aspects of UK employment law, including injunctions, team moves, unfair dismissals, bonuses and discrimination. She also has experience of outsourcings, TUPE, company restructures and redundancies. Her clients include businesses in the financial services, technology, partnership and LLP sectors.
Caroline Baker is promoted from associate to senior associate. Caroline practises all aspects of employment law both contentious and non-contentious, and joined GQ from Slaughter & May in 2011. She is currently on secondment in the legal team at Citibank.
“We’re really delighted to promote Sophie and Caroline, who have played such important roles in the growth of the firm so far. These promotions build on the appointments of Daniel Pollard and our two new associates and will ensure that we continue to deliver our strategy of providing top flight expertise combined with personal service,” says Paul Quain, one of the co-founders of GQ. “Clients tell us that they like this approach, and it’s their demand that is driving our expansion particularly into the transactional, litigation and international markets.”
