Deborah advises clients on a wide of range of matters, from employee relations matters to terminations and large-scale projects, often with an international element.
She has become one of Littlerโs European subject matter experts on Artificial Intelligence (AI), its use in the workplace and its future regulation in both the EU and UK and frequently speaks as a thought-leader on AI at international conferences, including Littlerโs flagship client conference and AI summit. Deborah is also one of Littlerโs workplace data privacy experts, having acted as data privacy counsel for one of Littler UKโs technology clients, during which she led their GDPR implementation and compliance project. She advises both UK and Irish clients on data privacy compliance (often with an international angle), complex data privacy issues, subject access requests and data breaches.
Deborah is recognised as a leading associate in the Legal 500 (2025) guide and was recognised as a key lawyer in the International Employment Lawyerโs IEL Elite (2024), an inaugural guide to the worldโs best employment and labour law teams. Additionally, Deborah has been recognised as a future global employment leader by International Employment Lawyer in the 2023 Tomorrowโs Leaders thought-leadership survey; a showcase of 40 rising stars from across the world who will be at the forefront of addressing future workplace challenges.
She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and IAPP (the Institute of Advanced Privacy Professionals).
โDeborah Margolis is fantastic: a sharp, practical thinker who quickly discerns where we are, where we need to be, and how to help us get there. Her recommendations are tailored to our risk tolerance just as an in-house solicitorโs would be.โ
Legal 500, 2025
โDeborah is an absolute pleasure to work with. She provides practical, thoughtful and comprehensive guidance and is available to assist whenever needed. Deborah and the team have done an incredible job coordinating representation in multiple countries and digesting and organising the guidance from different counsel in a practical and accessible format.โ
Legal 500, 2025