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Sydney Jones Lampard is a partner in King & Spalding’s Global Human Capital and Compliance practice in Washington, D.C. She has advised on more than a thousand corporate transactions and restructurings, and serves as a trusted advisor to clients across a broad range of labor and employment matters, including executive terminations, workplace issues and internal investigations, restrictive covenants, the WARN Act, wage and hour compliance, collective bargaining, and compliance with other labor and employment laws.

Sydney has been recognized as a leading practitioner by Chambers USA for her labor and employment practice. She advises private equity funds and public and private companies on labor and employment-related risks and considerations in complex transactions and restructurings across a multitude of industries, including technology, retail, life sciences and healthcare, aerospace, energy, and telecommunications. She regularly conducts labor and employment-related due diligence and risk assessment for multi-national mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganizations and sales, and counsels clients on workforce integration and separation considerations. She also represents lenders and other financial institutions in various transactions.

Sydney offers clients innovative and pragmatic solutions, and leverages her extensive experience in representing both employers and management in drafting and negotiating executive employment and separation agreements, consulting agreements, and restrictive covenants. She also maintains a comprehensive counseling practice, advising clients on matters related to compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and related state and local laws.

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Credentials

J.D., University of Virginia, Assistant Special Projects Editor, Virginia Law & Business Review

B.A., Duke University, Magna Cum Laude

District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Virginia

Intern, Honorable Barbara Lynn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Duke University Alumni Association - Interviewer

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2024


Chambers USA

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2023


Chambers USA

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Recognition

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2024


Chambers USA

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2023


Chambers USA

Credentials

J.D., University of Virginia, Assistant Special Projects Editor, Virginia Law & Business Review

B.A., Duke University, Magna Cum Laude

District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Virginia

Intern, Honorable Barbara Lynn, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Duke University Alumni Association - Interviewer

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2024


Chambers USA

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2023


Chambers USA

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Recognition

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2024


Chambers USA

Ranked for Labor & Employment, 2023


Chambers USA