Mark Kaye
Mark Kaye
Mark Kaye
Biography
Mark advises on a broad range of employment matters with a particular emphasis on TUPE-related issues, working alongside corporate, commercial and real estate colleagues and managing the employment aspects of a wide range of sales, purchases, outsourcings, mergers, takeovers and acquisitions.
Mark also has significant experience in providing advice, support and assistance in the planning and implementation of complex restructuring and other change management programmes, many on a multi-jurisdictional basis.
Mark also coordinates the Employment & Labour team’s global project work.
Mark regularly speaks at conferences and writes articles for leading legal and personnel publications on a wide range of employment law issues. Mark was, for several years, on the editorial board of the Workplace Law Network which reaches 50,000 employers and managers. Mark is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. During the course of 2020, Mark was heavily involved in COVID-19 Thought leadership and was interviewed live on national radio on a number of occasions to discuss the impact of changing COVID-19 legislation.
Civic Involvement & Honors
- Previously on the Editorial Board, Workplace Law Network
- Foundation Governor of Rosh Pinah Primary School (2009 -2015)
Professional Affiliations
- Employment Lawyers Association
The Growth of Class Actions: What’s next?
Admissions
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England and Wales
Related Practice Areas
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Employment & Labor
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Investigations
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Litigation & Dispute Resolution
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Regulation, Compliance & Advisory
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Israel Practice
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Cross-border Employment Issues
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Student Accommodation
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Employment Class & Collective Actions
Experience
- Advising an investment bank and financial services company on TUPE issues arising out of the acquisition of a leading independent M&A and private capital advisory firm serving the global technology industry.
- Advising a property management company on the employment aspects of multiple separate acquisitions. The transactions involved difficult employment issues around the possible application of TUPE on change of service providers in the context of a property purchase. This required close co-operation with our client’s property managers and an analysis of existing and proposed future arrangements as well as an analysis of existing and future contractual arrangements.
- Advising a private equity real estate fund management business on the employment aspects of its indirect disposal of a portfolio of 23 logistics assets across the United Kingdom.
- Advising a client on its acquisition of a UK-based fashion and accessories retailer. The transaction included the sale of the brands and intellectual property, the head office and design teams, the group’s distribution centre, as well as the transfer of around 450 jobs. The transaction involved significant analysis in relation to the application of TUPE and the risks in relation to a TUPE transfer.
- Advising a retail clothing company on its purchase (out of administration) of a high street clothing brand. This involved strategic advice on the impact of TUPE.
- Advising an Administrator on the sale of an airline, including providing advice on retention arrangements for key employees and the TUPE transfer of employees to the purchaser.
Resources
Publications
- Quoted by HR Magazine on spread HR struggling to enforce lockdown rules, January 29, 2021
- Quoted by HR Magazine on spread of COVID in the workplace, January 2021
- “What Does the Extension of Furlough Scheme Mean for Employers?” HRreview, November 16, 2020
- "What Does the Job Retention Scheme Extension Mean for Employers?" People Management, November 10, 2020
- “Will the new job support scheme really work?”, People Management, September 28, 2020
- Case law update for Employment Law Journal, September 2020
- “Is It Time for Employees to Have a Legal Right to Work from Home?” Co-Authored with Lydia Octon-Burke, HR Magazine, May 20, 2020
- “How can businesses stay safe during a virus outbreak?” HR Magazine, March 2020
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