Jon Fisher
Partner
Jon is an employment expert specialising in the financial services and retail sectors. He heads up our Trade Union team and also focuses on complex ET litigation, TUPE, reorganisations, National Minimum Wage, executive matters and SMCR. He is Head of the Leeds Employment & Incentives team.
Jon's experience
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Advised a listed financial services company on a mass settlement agreement project, involving the drafting and negotiation of numerous settlement agreements for over 200 employees.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a listed Yorkshire plc on the exits of 2 senior executives.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Successfully defeated a complex whistleblowing and disability discrimination claim against a financial services company, involving defeating an interim relief application and navigating complex regulatory issues.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a global business on successfully resisting an unwelcome trade union recognition application.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Assured Data Protection Limited on the strategic minority investment by Soho Square Capital.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised joint administrators, Christopher Petts and Richard Lewis of Grant Thornton UK LLP, on a pre-pack administration sale of the business and assets of CB Imports, trading as "Country Baskets." Under the deal, Country Baskets (floristry retailer and wholesaler) agreed to the sale of the majority of the business and assets as a going concern to APAC – a Leicester based importer and distributor of floristry and horticultural products. The acquisition by APAC will see 200 jobs saved.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Advised a construction engineering company on the successful defense of a claim for Interim Relief brought by a dismissed trade union and health and safety rep who complained that his workplace was not Covid/Coronavirus secure. Also represented the company at EAT as Claimant’s union is seeking to appeal the decision.
- United Kingdom
- Infrastructure
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Acted for several employers in the retail and leisure sectors during investigations by HMRC's National Minimum Wage compliance team. The issues raised were often critical to the future of the businesses.
- United Kingdom
- Employment
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Acted for global financial services company with the closure of their defined benefit pension scheme and a change to their enhanced redundancy terms.
- United Kingdom
- Financial Services
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Acted as an extension of a global energy company's in-house legal team to deal with a complex TUPE exercise. Successfully steered through the process, drafting and negotiating a TUPE schedule which secured them a favourable commercial position and minimised the financial risk and disruption to their business.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
Credentials
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2000Qualified - England and Wales
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1998Joined Pinsent Masons
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1997Cambridge University - MA
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