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Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

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Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Jonathan Maude is a Labor & Employment Partner at Vedder Price and Chair of the UK/EU Employment Law Committee. He also serves as Managing Partner of the firm’s London office.

Mr. Maude is an experienced and well-respected practitioner working in labor and employment law. He regularly advises across the full spectrum of employment law-related issues in the contentious and noncontentious spheres with a particular emphasis on advising corporate clients on complex strategic human resource-related matters. In addition, he is experienced in dealing with the employment law aspects associated with regulatory compliance, investigation, and breach involving anti-bribery, anti-corruption and privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Mr. Maude also advises on and provides training for clients and their employees on the full range of employment law matters, including disciplinary and capability issues, together with equal opportunities and diversity in the workplace.

His practice can be broadly broken down into the two areas of the domestic UK market and the international market.

His UK work involves advising on most aspects of UK employment law being contractual, statutory and regulatory in nature. Mr. Maude has a particular emphasis on confidentiality/restraint matters, business reorganisations and transfer issues, together with complex terminations of employment. On the contentious side, he has also run cases in most fora in the UK judicial system including the Employment Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal.

His international work includes advising corporate clients on the UK regulatory regime and the effects this can have upon strategic decisions concerning investment into the UK and Europe. There is a particular emphasis on the setup and continued management of subsidiary undertakings for parent companies based outside of the UK, together with the coordination of employment work across jurisdictions for global corporate clients. Mr. Maude also advises clients on global mobility issues.

Mr. Maude regularly advises on data protection and privacy matters faced by corporate clients within the UK and the EU in the employment law context as well as on a broader commercial level. He has advised on the legal principles concerning the collection, storage and transfer of personal data through the UK, EU and to the United States. Mr. Maude has a proven track record advising corporate clients on employment law investigations. He has advised on UK and international investigations involving among other things, bribery and international data breach.

Jonathan is a regular commentator in the press on employment law, gives seminars, and has appeared on national television because of his knowledge of the subject area. His articles and comments have been featured in Practical Law, HR Magazine, People Management and The Times Brief.

In its latest issue, The Legal 500 United Kingdom guide recommends Mr. Maude in the Human Resources - Employment - Employers category. The London Employment group is also recognized, noting specifically that, “Vedder Price’s group provides, ‘excellent service and advice’ across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, with particular expertise in cross-border issues.” Mr. Maude was also ranked as a recognised practitioner from 2018 through 2020 by Chambers UK in the Employment — London (Firms) category.

Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Education

  • The University of Law, London Bloomsbury, 1991, Law Society Finals
  • University of London, LL.B., 1990

Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Admissions

  • England and Wales, 1993

Affiliations

  • Member, Employment Lawyers Association
  • Member, Training Committee, Employment Lawyers Association
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • International Associate, American Bar Association

Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Jonathan C. Maude

Partner

Regional Lead, UK/EU Employment Law Committee

Experience

Mr. Maude has recently represented clients in the following types of transactions:

  • Represented global pharmaceutical company during its business reorganisation across more than 40 jurisdictions in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Oceania.
  • Represented U.S.-listed company in connection with closure of U.K. plant; advising on collective consultations and declaring redundancies.
  • Undertook an employment investigation into an alleged regulatory breach for a well-known global organization.
  • Represented U.K.-listed company in relation to providing strategic employment advice at Board level.
  • Acted for U.K.-listed company in connection with cutting edge TUPE transaction.
  • Represented global brand company in connection with disposal of European entity.
  • Advised U.S. pharma business in connection with data protection issues arising from the collection, process and transfer of patient data.