UK (England & Wales)
Nick studied law at St John’s College, University of Oxford.
He is a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings).
Nick trained at Linklaters, and has completed two six-month secondments to the Singapore office. He has a broad international practice which covers people-related investigations, litigation, M&A, and strategic HR and employment law advice.
As a Solicitor-Advocate, Nick has a strong track-record advising clients on bringing and defending high-value and reputationally-sensitive claims. He has successfully acted on various employment tribunal and High Court claims. As well as taking cases to full hearing, Nick has experience of using alternative dispute resolution (including mediation). His work often involves co-ordinating closely with clients and their PR advisers on crisis and reputation management.
Nick also advises clients on undertaking complex and sensitive internal investigations and their responses to regulatory investigations. He has acted as the impartial investigator of serious complaints against senior staff within his clients’ businesses.
Drawing on his experience working in Singapore and elsewhere, Nick’s transactional practice involves advising clients on complex cross-border deals, outsourcings and group reorganisations, including post-deal integration, restructuring and incentivisation issues.
Many of Nick’s clients turn to him for advice on high-profile senior hires and exits, whistleblowing, and employment policies and procedures. He regularly provides training to senior stakeholders in legal, HR and C-Suite roles.
In 2017, Nick was seconded to Uber’s Employment Law team in Singapore, where he advised on HR, employment law and remuneration issues across 19 countries in Asia-Pacific. He has also spent time on secondment to Unilever in London and Rotterdam.
With a keen interest in diversity, equity and inclusion, Nick is an active member of Linklaters’ LGBT+ network and our UK social mobility employee forum. He also regularly contributes to the firm’s pro bono programs.
Nick is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association.
Nick has written for a number of publications on hot topics in HR and employment law. He is the co-author of “Whistleblowers: The UK Perspective”, a chapter in the seventh edition of The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations (2023, Global Investigations Review).
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