Jonathan C. Maude

Jonathan Maude provides national and multinational employers with practical, business-focused guidance on UK and international employment laws, supporting their goals while minimizing legal risk and business disruption.

Jonathan advises companies across various sectors, including financial services, manufacturing, retail and tech on employment-related issues with both local and global implications. Based in London, he counsels clients on matters ranging from dismissals, workplace investigations and discrimination claims to data privacy and restrictive covenants, providing strategies that align with each client’s commercial priorities, culture and objectives.

Clients trust Jonathan to guide them through sensitive employment challenges, whether resolving whistleblowing claims, managing cross-border restructurings or addressing data erasure requests. He understands the pressures business leaders face and focuses on their end goal, “reverse engineering” to deliver tailored solutions that help them achieve their business aims while avoiding legal pitfalls.

Taking a practical and no-nonsense business-focused approach, Jonathan advises clients based around the world. He also serves on Vedder’s Pro Bono Committee and drives initiatives in London.

Experience

• Represented one of Europe’s premier shopping outlet providers in a multimillion-pound High Court personal injury case involving discrimination claims, whistleblowing and bullying allegations, and successfully resolving the matter through mediation.
• Counseling a U.S.-based financial trading firm in connection with a misuse of confidential information and breach of restrictive covenants matter involving an employee, a former employee and a competitor organization. Our team advised the client regarding the applicable legal principles and best practices from a UK standpoint. Thereafter, helping the client navigate UK employment law considerations regarding instituting an investigation culminating in a gross misconduct finding against the employee.
• Representing a leading U.S.-based information technology company, in a misconduct investigation and disciplinary process involving an employee’s possible mis-selling/breach of confidentiality. Jonathan guided the client through its internal process and helped the firm to arrive at the most commercial decision while ensuring compliance with employment best practices.
• Guiding a global IT solutions provider specializing in augmented software teams, on various restructurings across Japan, Singapore and India. Serving as the company’s single point of contact across the world. Our London team, led by Jonathan, coordinated advice from local counsel in these jurisdictions, ensuring seamless delivery of employment guidance tailored to each region’s unique legal and business landscape.
• Advised a premium European fashion outlet on a complex right-to-erasure request from a former employee, advising on the legal obligations under data protection laws, assessing the scope of the request and implementing the necessary steps to ensure compliance while protecting the organization’s interests.
• Assisted Harvey Nash in its corporate acquisition of the Knoldus Group. Our team advised on every step of this corporate acquisition, from reviewing the data room, advising the client through the due diligence report on matters arising, inputs into the sale and purchase documentation, all while coordinating advice from India and Canada. Terminations of high-level employees also needed to be undertaken and advised on. Following the acquisition, Jonathan has continued to assist with various matters arising from integration.