Miriam Bruce

Her advisory experience includes providing strategic input on issues such as: restructuring and contractual change programmes as well as business transfers (both in the UK and internationally), executive and senior level recruitment, employee data privacy, and complex investigations and related disciplinary and grievance matters. Miriam has particular experience in managing global employment law projects across a number of jurisdictions on issues including cross-border redundancies, outsourcings and the collection and storage of diversity data. She regularly advises on the employment implications of high profile administration and/or restructuring matters. Read more here>>

Miriam’s contentious experience includes acting for employers in complex Employment Tribunal hearings. She also has significant experience in both the Employment Appeal Tribunal and High Court, dealing with high profile and high value discrimination and breach of contract claims.

Miriam speaks regularly at internal and external events on employment law related issues.

Miriam joined Mayer Brown in 2005 as a trainee and qualified in 2007.

• Up and coming, Miriam Bruce is a highly regarded partner who regularly advises clients from the financial services and insurance industries on the full range of employment matters. She is experienced in unfair dismissal and discrimination claims. "She is very pragmatic, she has a great depth of knowledge in employment law and she provides very sound advice." "She can see the wider commercial picture beyond the strict legal position, her responses are always very timely and she is an effective communicator." Miriam is "very organised, knowledgeable and sensible" and noted as being "highly responsive, practical, sensible and always clear and straightforward." – Chambers UK
• Miriam Bruce is "clever, good judgement, dedicated, warm." She "is a lovely person to work with, personable and client-focused. She generates trust quickly. She delivers technical advice in a comprehensible, accessible way" and she "has been excellent on a significant team move matter she handled for us – unflappable under pressure and generally very personable and easy to deal with." – Legal 500.
• In a significant development to the team, the "excellent" Miriam Bruce was promoted to partner in January 2020. Her recent work includes transactional support on high-value deals, strategic advisory work and handling sensitive exits of senior executives. "Miriam Bruce is excellent: intelligent, client-focused and super-savvy. Miriam Bruce  and Paris partner Julien Haure are incredibly responsive; always on hand to help and able to judge urgency very well. Practical and effective advice  and they take the time to discuss and understand the matter fully". Mayer Brown International LLP’s "excellent" team is "an authority in employment" and "should be a first stop for City clients" Miriam Bruce is "a real joy" – Legal 500