Jonathan Newman
Jonathan is a barrister in the Tier 1 ranked London Employment group at Simmons & Simmons. His practice embraces the full breadth of contentious and non-contentious employment law across a range of sectors, primarily in the financial services and TMT sectors.
He has extensive experience of litigation in the High Court, Employment Appeals Tribunal (in both England and Scotland) and the Employment Tribunal. Jonathan has acted as sole counsel before professional and regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom and overseas.
Jonathan advisory practice is broad, including sensitive whistleblowing investigations, employment aspects of corporate transactions and outsourcings, family friendly rights and day-to-day workplace issues.
Outside of work, Jonathan is a devoted father and a keen supporter of Yorkshire Cricket Club and Leeds United (not always an easy combination!)