Rebecca Fielding advises multinational corporations on the full spectrum of employment-related matters relating to large-scale acquisitions and dispositions.

Rebecca leverages a collaborative approach and a sophisticated understanding of employment law within the transactional context to help clients navigate:

  • Strategic workforce management
  • Compliance requirements
  • Workplace discrimination allegations
  • Executive compensation issues
  • Reduction-in-force (RIF) exercises
  • Cross-border employment challenges

She has extensive experience supporting complex, multijurisdictional M&A transactions and global projects to ensure seamless integration and compliance with applicable regulations, regularly managing employment specialists across Europe, the US, and Asia.

Before joining Latham, Rebecca was an employment partner at a commercial law practice in the North of England.

Rebecca is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Rebecca’s experience includes advising:

  • Endeavor Group Holdings on the UK employment law aspects of its large-scale intragroup reorganization and subsequent disposal of multiple business divisions
  • A consortium of investors and ESR Cayman Limited on its US$7.1 billion take-private and delisting from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • DoorDash on acquiring Deliveroo Holdings plc
  • A global bank on the employment aspects arising from its entry into a JV structure
  • Honeywell International on its US$1.8 billion carve-out acquisition of Johnson Matthey plc’s catalyst technologies business
  • Cadence Design Systems on the European employment aspects of its US$1.24 billion acquisition of Beta CAE Systems International AG
  • A global medical device-focused CRO consultancy on a European-wide RIF exercise, including a collective redundancy process in the UK
  • A global management consultancy firm on the employment law aspects of its conversion into a UK partnership
  • Sensata Technologies on the employment aspects of the carve-out disposal of its Insights business to PE buyer, Xirgo, affecting employees across Europe and the US
  • Allison Transmission Holdings on the global employment aspects of the carve-out acquisition of Dana Incorporated’s off-highway business, operating in over 25 countries, for US$2.7 billion
  • Robinhood Markets on its acquisition and subsequent European integration of Bitstamp Ltd

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • Legal Practice Course (Commendation), Nottingham Law School, 2004
  • LLB, Nottingham Trent University, 2003