Oliver D. Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England

The Commercial and Private banking franchise brings together UK market leading businesses and brands including Lombard and Coutts serving commercial enterprises - including large corporates - and the complex needs of wealthy individuals. The bank is the largest lender to SMEs in the country and in 2017 was awarded best UK Private bank at the Global Private.

I was promoted to head up the global employment law practice in 2012 and had oversight of the work of the internal employment legal team.Highlights include:-Spending almost a year working on the regulatory investigation and consequential investigation into employee conduct following a major IT failing at the bank which had significant regulatory and.

I joined the Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest Group in the aftermath of the acquisition (with 2 other banks) of ABM Amro and the financial crisis. As a result of its acquisition RBS inherited a significant EMEA presence with over 20,000 employees in many jurisdictions from France and Germany to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. There were no in-house employment.

Nortel was formerly the world's largest telecommunications company prior to entering into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US and Administration arrangements in Europe in 2009 (which was my reason for leaving) During my time there I was solely responsible for handling employment law related matters and initiatives in EMEA and was also involved in.

During my time at UBS I provided the full range of employment legal support from contentious to non contentious matters to multiple parts of the business including providing sole over for the UBS wealth business in the UK. The opportunity at Nortel that arose provided me with an unmissable opportunity to broaden my knowledge in terms of both industry.

I joined McDermott Will and Emery shortly after it opened its London office (being its first office outside of the US).Outside of the usual employment law advice that is expected of a full service law firm highlights included assisting both US colleagues and US companies developing a greater understanding of operating outside of the US and the differences.

I started my qualified career at Edge Ellison which was one of the "big four" Law firms in Birmingham before merging with Hammond Suddard solicitors in 2000 to become the 11th largest firm in the UK (this firm has subsequently merged with the US law firm Squire Sanders).During my time I developed an interest and specialist expertise in employment legal.