Cross-Border Webinar: Navigating the EU Pay Transparency Directive

The EU Pay Transparency Directive 2022/2464 marks a significant shift in how organisations approach pay, reporting, and internal governance across Europe. While the Directive sets a common framework, its implementation at national level is already revealing important divergences.

For organisations operating across multiple jurisdictions, this creates both complexity and opportunity.

This webinar is designed to help you move beyond high-level understanding and gain a clear, practical view of what lies ahead—jurisdiction by jurisdiction.

What we will explore

Our panel of employment law specialists from across Europe will provide a coordinated, comparative analysis, covering in particular:

  • The current status of implementation in key EU jurisdictions and the UK, and expected timelines
  • The core legal principles emerging at national level and where approaches are beginning to diverge
  • Practical implications for employers, including recruitment processes, pay structures, reporting obligations and governance frameworks
  • Frequently asked questions and early challenges identified in practice
  • Cross-border consistency: how to align group-level policies with differing local requirements
  • Emerging risk areas and how to anticipate and mitigate them
  • Turning compliance into opportunity: using pay transparency as a strategic and cultural lever

Rather than a series of isolated country updates, the session will focus on identifying common themes, highlighting differences, and discussing concrete scenarios that multinational organisations are likely to face.

Why join?

  • Gain a clear, comparative overview of how the Directive is being implemented across Europe
  • Understand what truly requires local adaptation versus what can be managed at group level
  • Learn from real-world insights shared by practitioners working directly on these issues
  • Anticipate practical challenges before they arise in your organisation
  • Equip your teams with actionable guidance to prepare effectively

About the speakers – Employment Club

This webinar is delivered by members of the Employment Club, a group of dedicated employment lawyers with deep expertise in advising multinational clients and managing complex cross-border matters.

Through long-standing, non-exclusive relationships with leading independent full-service law firms in each jurisdiction, we bring together a network of trusted local experts.

Atsumi Sakai Europa GmbH – Germany

Frank Becker
Managing Partner
Rechtsanwalt
+49 69 7474 5050 frank.becker@aplaw.de

Allison Jones
Counsel
Rechtsanwältin
+49 69 7474 5050 allison.jones@aplaw.de

Established in 2015 in a foreign law joint venture with leading Tokyo-based law firm Atsumi & Sakai, our firm focuses on advising Japanese and international businesses in Germany.

As part of one of Japan’s largest law firms (“bix six”) with over 230 attorneys and qualified foreign lawyers, we provide expertise across all major fields of business law with a focus on corporate, competition and labor law as well as compliance.

With services offered in Japanese, German, English, Turkish, and Spanish, we meet the diverse needs of our global client base effectively in close cooperation with our offices in Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, London, Brussels, and New York as well as our external tax advisory office.

Bartolome & Briones, SLP – Spain

Juan Carlos Lombardía
Employment Partner
+34 91 577 4747
jclombardia@bartolomebriones.com

Beatriz Corral
Senior Associate
+34 91 577 4747
bcorral@bartolomebriones.co

Firm was founded in 1990 in Barcelona and we opened our office in Madrid in 1993, operating since then as a single law firm indistinctly from our two offices.

The team provides global advice to companies in all sectors, having great expertise in technology, industrial and aviation companies, among others.

Our work methodology focuses on a specialized knowledge of our clients’ businesses, which allows us to add value to our business relationships, making us a strategic partner. We provide agile, efficient and innovative solutions, understanding that each situation requires a customized solution that aligns with the strategic and business interests of our clients.

Our wide international experience of the firm’s professionals allows us to provide a comprehensive and transversal service to international clients with interests in Spain, or to accompany our clients in their international expansion processes.

Boyes Turner – United Kingdom

Andrew Whiteaker
Partner and Head of Group
+44 (0)118 952 7292
awhiteaker@boyesturner.com

Boyes Turner is one of the UK’s leading full service regional law firms. Based in the Thames Valley, our work and client base rivals leading City and other national firms. The firm is ranked by leading legal directory guides Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 as one of the UK’s leading regional law firms and a “regional heavyweight.”

In the commercial sphere our lawyers regularly work with some of the world’s most exciting start-ups and largest multinationals, and we are recognised for our expertise in the technology and hospitality sectors.

Our clients find us approachable, supportive, and collaborative. We invest time to develop deep relationships with them and we actively listen. For us there is no such thing as a silly question. Our clients get access to the senior lawyers that they need day after day, and the support we offer is proactive and focused on the wider picture.

We believe in a holistic approach; that in order to provide the best advice it is necessary to understand the whole rather than concentrate on a single issue or immediate concern. 

Whatever issues and opportunities our clients bring to us, what unites us is our passion for finding the right solutions. We love difficult and complex issues, and we thrive in making the complicated manageable and ensuring that these challenges never slow your progress.

We really do believe in the power of partnership. We are exceptionally proud of our long- term relationships both with our clients and with our people. 64% of our partners have worked at Boyes Turner for 10 years or more, meaning they are able to share the benefits of their professional relationships, experience and connections with our clients

Franklin - France

Patrick Thiébart
Partner
+33 6 47 06 78 74
pthiebart@franklin-paris.com

Silvia Rumanescu
Of Counsel

Franklin is an independent, full-service law firm, renowned for its expertise in handling critical and high-stakes matters, with a strong focus on managing cross-border work for both French and international companies,

Our 80 lawyers, including 25 partners, collaborate across 16 practice groups and leverage their in-depth sector expertise to deliver creative, tailored solutions to our clients’ business needs.

Our Labor & Employment team is highly recognized for its extensive experience in navigating complex challenges, from reorganizations and collective redundancy procedures to collective proceedings, offering strategic and proactive guidance at every step.

Molitor Avocats à la Cour - Luxembour

Régis Muller
Partner
Lawyerr
+352 621 776 364 r
regis.muller@molitorlegal.lu

Michel Molitor
Managing Partner
Lawyer
+352 621 236 022 michel.molitor@molitorlegal.lu

30 years of experience as Luxembourg lawyers combined with an entrepreneurial mindset.

More than 40 lawyers, covering business law matters, with several languages spoken, teaming up to serve clients’ best interests.

Large enough to handle important deals and small enough to create distinctive value-adding relationships with our local and international clients.

Employment law, a cornerstone of our firm. Focusing on custom-made and strategic HR topics such as executives’ management (from recruitment to termination), compensation and benefits (tax efficient packages, incentive plans, etc.), cross-border and international mobility, social security, GDPR and privacy, collective dismissals, corporate restructuring.

Morri Rossetti & Franzosi – Italy

Emanuele Licciardi
Partner
PLawyer
P+02 760 7971
PEmanuele.Licciardi@MorriRossetti.it

Based in Milan for 20 years, with more than 80 professionals and 16 capabilities. The Firm provides integrated law & tax advisory to domestic and multinational companies in a wide range of legal and tax areas, proactively helping them to manage business risks so that they can focus on running their business. The approach is based on problem solving and each matter is managed in a synergetic way through multi-specialised teams able to develop integrated, innovative and truly tailor-made solutions. Morri Rossetti & Franzosi’s method is based on full commitment, strategic perspective and multidisciplinary expertise.

Morris Law - Sweden

Martin Vildhede
Partner
+46 760 22 36 54
martin.vildhede@morrislaw.s

Legal challenges require more than expertise – they demand flexibility, business insight, and collaboration. At Morris Law, we believe in meetings defined by commitment, clarity, and understanding. We tailor teams to each assignment so clients get the right expertise at the right time, building success through solutions that truly make a difference. Change doesn’t wait. It’s driven by those who dare to question and think differently.

 Established in 2014, the firm has more than 80 professionals across three offices in Sweden. 

As a full-service firm, Morris Law covers all areas of business and public sector law, including, but not limited to Employment Law, M&A, Corporate, Commercial Contracts, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate & Construction Law, Banking & Finance, Competition Law, Data Protection & Privacy, Public Procurement and Environmental & Energy Law. 

Named Law Firm of the Year in Sweden’s leading industry study for three consecutive years, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, based solely on client evaluations. Additionally, recognized as Sweden’s Most Modern Law Firm and Sweden’s Most Sustainable Law Firm in the same study.