Partner specialising in employment and discrimination law. Particular interests include age discrimination, equal pay and family rights. Has extensive experience conducting complex discrimination claims and advising law firms on employee and partner disputes.
Jonathan is a partner and specialist employment lawyer with over 20 years of experience advising on employment law issues. Jonathan's practice has a particular emphasis on restructuring, employee relations issues, TUPE/outsourcing, transactional support and senior executive exits. His clients are similarly diverse from law firms and hedge funds to football clubs and retail brands.Although part of Jonathan's role as a partner involves managing client relationships, he is still very much a hands-on lawyer. His clients range across all industry sectors although in recent years has developed more of a focus on the financial services, legal and pharmaceutical sectors. He has been recognised for his employment law expertise in both Chambers and Legal 500 for a number of years. Jonathan is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association, chair of Lewis Silkin’s TUPE group and Editor of the Sweet & Maxwell Transfer of Undertakings Bulletin. Jonathan's aim is to assist clients in managing employment issues of all kinds in a swift, commercial and pragmatic fashion, consistent with their corporate culture; to add value by properly understanding their business and through proactive engagement; and to form long term relationships built on trust, personal chemistry, and positive outcomes.
Partner specialising in all aspects of employment law, including co-ordinating mergers and TUPE transfers, drafting employment documentation, dealing with all the issues arising during employment (eg disciplinary and performance matters), director and senior terminations, working time, information and consultation issues and all aspects of tribunal work.
Consultant Partner specialising in employment tax issues including bonus planning; salary sacrifice; employment status; employment termination; and (in conjunction with Ius Laboris) internationally mobile employees. Victoria also designs and implements cash and equity incentive plans. In addition, she advises on the regulatory requirements for remuneration packages in the financial services sector.