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Bettina Bender - Partner

Bettina Bender

Bettina Bender is a Partner specialising in employment and partnership law. Bettina provides contentious and non-contentious employment law advice to international, European and English publicly listed and limited companies. She has particular expertise in advising US and European parent companies with UK based subsidiaries.


Legal 500 2011:

Bettina Bender is "highly responsible and professional" and provides "calm measured advice combined with persistence where needed" (Employment)

Bettina is recommended for partnership advice (Partnership)

Bettina is experienced in providing advice on the following:

Bettina is a member of the European Employment Lawyers Association, the UK Employment Lawyers Association, the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the International Bar Association and the German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Bettina is bi-lingual in English and German. Prior to joining CM Murray LLP Bettina worked at two City law firms and a leading national law firm.

Seminars
14 Jul 2011 HR in law- Employment Law Update (Powerpoint)
Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, E14 5JJ 		Seminar
14 Jul 2011 HR in law group - Employment Law Update (word) Presentation
17 May 2011 Bonus Litigation – Where are we now? (Powerpoint)
Key FSA and Employment Law Issues for the Financial Services Sector; Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, 35 Vine Street, London EC3N 2AA 		Seminar
08 Feb 2011 Employment Law Hot Topics 2010/11 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, 37th Floor, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK 		Breakfast Seminar
20 Jan 2011 Dealing with Poor Performance – Legal and Practical Tools for HR Professionals and In-house Counsel (Powerpoint)
Employment Law Conference; Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London 		Seminar
18 Nov 2010 What every employer needs to know Part 2 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK 		Breakfast Seminar
05 Oct 2010 Employer Liability for Third Party Harassment (Powerpoint)
Discrimination Law Committee, The International Bar Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada 3 – 8 October 2010 		Seminar
29 Apr 2010 What every employer needs to know Part 1 (Powerpoint)
CM Murray LLP, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK 		Breakfast Seminar
15 Apr 2010 Managing Talent: Global restructuring & staff retention in uncertain times (word)
CM Murray LLP, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, UK 		Seminar
02 Dec 2009 The Bonus & Compensation Seminar (Powerpoint)
Garden Court Chambers, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UK 		Seminar
27 Jul 2009 Employee Terminations in the UK (Powerpoint)
Law Society/UKTI: Doing Business in the UK - The British Consulate, Boston & The Harvard Club, New York, USA 		Presentation

Articles and press comments
03 Jan 2012 The debate: can bankers sue successfully if their bonuses aren't big enough? London Loves Business
17 Nov 2011 Stress and the City: should payouts be capped? The Times
26 Jul 2011 Has the lawyer transfer market stalled? The Times
04 Mar 2011 Redundancy rights; when can your employer make you redundant and what can you do if you think it's unfair? Savvywoman.co.uk
29 Jan 2011 Tribunal claims set to persist (pdf) Financial Times
28 Jan 2011 Lawyers warn employment claims may spike after tribunal reforms City AM
27 Jan 2011 Bettina Bender on LBC commenting on changes to unfair dismissal threshold (Radio Interview) LBC Radio 97.3
17 Jan 2011 Old too soon and wise too late www.ft.com/womenatthetop
11 Jan 2011 Miriam O'Reilly's employment tribunal against the BBC (TV interview) Newsnight, BBC 2 (Bettina Bender interviewed)
03 Jan 2011 Q & A with Bettina Bender (LLB 1991), Partner at CM Murray LLP (pdf) Ratio, The Newsletter of the LSE Law Department
01 Dec 2010 The UK Equality Act - an update (pdf) IBA Newsletter, Legal Practice Division, Discrimination Law, Vol 4, No 2
29 Jan 2010 Warning that Dads' leave will hit firms (pdf) The Gazette
22 Jan 2010 FTSE executives' pay increases are lower than the average UK pay rises, for the first time in 8 years (pdf) Human Resources
16 Jan 2010 JP Morgan sparks fresh outrage as bonuses soar (pdf) The Independent
16 Jan 2010 Bank bonuses: The people v Wall Street (pdf) The Telegraph
12 Jan 2010 Banks braced for a new backlash over bonuses (pdf) The Independent
04 Jan 2010 The BBC is "wasting a lot of talent" by not valuing older female (pdf) Human Resources
16 Dec 2009 Best of both worlds (pdf) Solicitors Journal
26 Nov 2009 City critics say it will be bonuses as usual Times Online
26 Nov 2009 Bank review wants pay disclosure (pdf) New York Times
20 Nov 2009 Bankers' bonus bill in Queen's speech looks threatening but has no teeth (pdf) People Management
20 Nov 2009 Bankers' bonus bill in Queen's Speech looks threatening but has no teeth People Management
19 Nov 2009 May I see your papers? Corporate Counsel
18 Nov 2009 Business leaders condemn the Government's legislation as 'frightening' The Telegraph
10 Nov 2009 Press cutting Personnel Today
03 Nov 2009 City bankers sue Nomura for £3m over alleged sexism and racism Personnel Today
31 Oct 2009 Employee Terminations in the UK: Risks and Tactics (pdf) Eurowatch
01 Oct 2009 Employers liable for rape compensation claim TLA Direct