Employment 2025

GIBRALTAR Law and Practice Contributed by: Nick Cruz, Marc X Ellul, Arcelia María Hernández-Cordero and Kayleigh-Anne Revagliatte, Ellul & Cruz

Ellul & Cruz is a full-service Gibraltar law firm found - ed in 1973. It was born of the merger of Ellul & Co and Cruzlaw in 2024. Ellul & Co was founded by Eric C Ellul in 1973 and Cruzlaw was founded by Nick Cruz in 1996. Led by Marc X Ellul and Nick Cruz, Ellul & Cruz has a broad local practice that includes advice and representation in all employment-related mat - ters. The firm draws clients from a diverse range of industry and service sectors and is instructed in both contentious and non-contentious matters. As advo -

cates, Ellul & Cruz lawyers represent both employers and employees in employment tribunals and through to the court of appeal. The firm’s work includes advis - ing on contracts of employment (and drawing them up), company handbooks, discipline and grievance procedures, and unfair, wrongful and constructive dismissal, as well as advising on discrimination, em - ployee rights and bullying. Ellul & Cruz is the Gibraltar member of the Employment Law Alliance, an interna - tional network of employment lawyers.

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Nick Cruz is the head of litigation of Ellul & Cruz, where he regularly advises on contentious and non- contentious employment matters. Nick is a highly regarded professional, with more than 30 years’ experience

Arcelia María Hernández-Cordero is a senior associate in Ellul & Cruz’s litigation department. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in July 2014, followed by the Gibraltar Bar in September 2023. During her

of representing clients in varied practice areas. He has a broad legal practice, with a particular focus on dispute resolution and corporate and commercial work. Called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1990 and the Bar of Gibraltar in 1991, Nick remains a practising barrister and regularly represents employers and employees before the Employment Tribunal and Gibraltar’s employment appeal courts, including the Supreme Court and the court of appeal.

time in England, Arcelia focused mainly on complex litigation matters and high-value claims in respect of commercial disputes, mortgage mis-selling, credit hire and personal injury claims. Her current practice is diverse, mainly focusing on litigation, dispute resolution and employment matters. She often appears before the Supreme Court of Gibraltar in complex litigation hearings. In her administrative and employment law practice, Arcelia usually acts for employers and public bodies such as the Gibraltar Health Authority.

Kayleigh-Anne Revagliatte is an associate in the litigation department of Ellul & Cruz. She primarily specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on insolvency matters, and has assisted the head of

Marc X Ellul is the managing director of Ellul & Cruz, where he heads the corporate practice. Marc began practising in London in 1993 and established himself in Gibraltar in 1995. During his early career, Marc

litigation in complex and high-value contractual disputes. Kayleigh-Anne has also been also instructed in a number of matters before the Employment Tribunal, including by the Gibraltar Health Authority, and is acting for two claimants in an unfair dismissal case.

was a general practitioner, undertaking criminal, civil and admiralty litigation, property, corporate and private client work. He now mainly practises as a corporate, commercial, investment funds, tax and financial services lawyer but also does non- contentious employment work focusing on the business aspects of this practice area.

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