George is an Employment Partner in DLA Piper’s UK group with over 15 years’ experience of advising on employment law issues. George advises national and international clients on all aspects of employment law including employee disputes, executive issues, international change projects, discrimination, industrial relations and group reorganisations.
George has represented a range of clients, including financial institutions and leading international businesses, in the employment tribunal, employment appeals tribunal and civil courts. His significant litigation experience ranges from routine dismissal and deduction claims to complex discrimination, whistleblowing and breach of contract litigation, as well as litigation to enforce restrictive covenants and high-profile group actions related to holiday pay and trade union laws. He has also advised on industrial relations matters, including strike injunctions.
George works internationally and has advised extensively on multi-country change programmes. These include complex legal, practical and employee relations considerations around proposed redundancies, changes to employee terms (including pension changes), and other policy/compliance projects such as implementing the EU whistleblower directive.
George has specific expertise in conducting employee investigations into whistleblowing, discrimination, sexual harassment and equal pay allegations. He also has particular experience in the Financial Services sector, advising clients on UK and European financial regulations including CRD, SMCR and other regulatory matters such as non-financial misconduct.
George has advised extensively on data issues in the employment context, including GDPR compliance, data breaches and subject access requests.
