Adam is an associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment Department.
He works on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters and has experience in employee benefits and incentives work and data protection.
Experience
- Advised employers on employment status of atypical individuals and the associated rights and obligations.
- Provided strategic advice to and representation of a UK registered care provider in relation to a TUPE transfer of employment, effecting over 1,500 employees.
- Advised international clients on UK securities law and tax consequences in relation to employee based incentive schemes.
- Conducted due diligence exercises on asset and share sales (including public takeovers), acting for both buyer and seller in relation to employees, particular the impact on incentive schemes.
- Advised on apportionment of holiday pay under the Working Time Regulations to protect employers from back-dated holiday pay claims and advised on the risks of liability and potential quantum.
- Solicitor England and Wales
- Quoted, "How businesses can stay on the right side of AI law", Raconteur , October 24, 2023
- Author, "Should businesses be concerned about non-compete restrictions being limited to three months?", People Management, September 15, 2023
- Author, "Why employers need to be wary of having blanket policies", People Management, November 15, 2021
- Author, "What employers should be aware of as the gender debate evolves", People Management, August 19, 2021
- Author, "The latest on sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace", People Management, July 8, 2021
- Co-author, "The Statutory Right to Request Flexible Working Post-COVID-19", Global Banking & Finance Review, June 24, 2021
- Co-author, "What Lies Ahead? Data Privacy and Security", Meet McGuireWoods London, June 24, 2021
- Co-author, "What Lies Ahead? Employment Law", Meet McGuireWoods London, June 16, 2021
- Author, UK Extends Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Until End of September 2021, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 4, 2021
- Author, "Employment law changes: what to look out for in 2021", HR Magazine, February 23, 2021
- Author, UK Supreme Court Ruling Uber Drivers Are Workers, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, February 19, 2021
- Author, "Disability discrimination update", People Management, February 9, 2021
- Author, "Autonomy with Caveats", HR Director, January 15, 2021
- Author, "Diversity policies should reflect the range of gender identities", People Management, January 8, 2021
- Author, "Risk Management Lessons from the U.K.’s Return to Work", Risk Management, December 9, 2020
- Author, UK Self-Employed Income Support Scheme: An Update, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 9, 2020
- Author, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Further Support for UK Workers, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 6, 2020
- Author, UK Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme Extension, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, November 2, 2020
- Author, Revision and Expansion of the UK Job Support Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, October 27, 2020
- Author, COVID-19: UK Expands Job Support Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, October 9, 2020
- Quoted, "What should HR know about mass redundancies?", HR Magazine, October 9, 2020
- Author, Employer and Worker Liabilities: Legal Duty to Self-Isolate, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, October 5, 2020
- Author, UK Self-Employed Income Support Scheme Grant Extension to Relieve COVID-19 Impacts, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, September 25, 2020
- Author, UK Announces New Job Support Scheme to Relieve COVID-19 Impact, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, September 24, 2020
- Author, "Avoiding coronavirus-related discrimination claims", People Management, September 18, 2020
- Author, "Covid-19 and recession: Is redundancy the only option?", Personnel Today, September 15, 2020
- Author, "Latest legal developments in gender reassignment discrimination", People Management, September 10, 2020
- Author, Phase-Out of UK Government Guidance on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 31, 2020
- Author, "Gender pay gap reporting and trans people", HR Magazine, July 27, 2020
- Author, COVID-19 and Returning to Work: Employer Considerations, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, July 24, 2020
- Author, UK Employment Law Changes and Response to COVID-19, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 14, 2020
- Author, Updated UK Government Guidance on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 6, 2020
- Author, UK Government Guidance on Coronavirus Self-Employed Income Support Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 2, 2020
- Author, UK Government Guidance on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, April 1, 2020
- Author, COVID-19: UK Government Guidance on Job Retention Measures, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, March 23, 2020
- Author, Are You Prepared for the New IR35 Changes?, McGuireWoods Legal Alert, February 7, 2020
- Quoted, "App firms, adtech industry in firing line over possible GDPR violations", Compliance Week, January 16, 2020
- Author, "Piercing the Corporate Veil", HR Director, 2020
- Co-author, How to Manage Employees With ‘Side Hustles’, Personnel Today, October 22, 2019
- The London School of Economics and Political ScienceLLM2008
- University of Sussex LawLLBLaw with International Relations (Hons)2007
- Guest, "How Has It Been Working? A Reflection on Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation Four Years In", Our Curious Amalgam Podcast, April 4, 2022