Ben Smith
Senior Associate
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"Ben Smith - incredibly clever and hard-working with a razor sharp forensic mind. Intellectual but with a practical application. I love working with him - superstar in the making." (Legal 500, 2025)
Ben is a Senior Associate at GQ|Littler and works across all areas of employment law including advisory, litigation and transactional support.
He has particular experience in defending complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including as part of the team that successfully appealed a long-running whistleblowing, sex discrimination, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, and victimisation claim to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Ben regularly supports and manages international employment advisory projects. He also has significant experience of managing document review projects, such as disclosure and data subject access requests, leveraging technology and flexible resourcing solutions.
Drawing on a longstanding academic interest and experience working in the charitable sector, Ben is particularly interested in equality, diversity, and discrimination issues for employers arising in both contentious and non-contentious maters. Ben also supports the London office’s knowhow and training capability, regularly keeping clients and the team informed of legal developments, as well as the legal technology workstream.
Ben is recognised as a leading associate in Chambers and Partners (2025) and as a key lawyer in the Legal 500 (2025), in which clients say he "plays a key role in any case we have. His ability to remember exactly what has been said is incredible!". Others say, "Paul Quain, Philip Cameron, Lisa Coleman and Ben Smith stand-out for their superb guidance and advice combined with a thorough knowledge of the law. Their approachability is second to none and the collegiate manner in which they work makes interactions with them a pleasure."
Ben joined GQ|Littler in 2017 as a Paralegal and qualified as a Solicitor in 2020 following the completion of his training contract. During his training contract, Ben completed a secondment at a boutique law firm in London where he saw practice in private funds, secondary transactions, and hedge funds. Prior to joining GQ|Littler Ben worked as a paralegal in the employment department at King & Wood Mallesons in London and was legal intern at the Equal Rights Trust.
Ben is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.