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Jonathan Hemmant
Employment and Commercial Solicitor
Summary
Jonathan is an employment and commercial services lawyer with 23 years of post-qualification experience acting for institutional clients, multi-national PLCs, SMEs, Start-Ups, owner-managed businesses, senior employees and self-employed professionals.
Jonathan advises on all aspects of employment law, day-to-day HR matters, drafts contract and policy documentation for all kinds of staff across a wide range of industry sectors, works to achieve the early resolution of employment disputes and advises on the employment aspects of commercial transactions and corporate restructurings.
Jonathan also specialises in advising on commercial arrangements for the provision of staff and services that fall outside of the standard employment model, including professional services and staffing supply arrangements and self-employed /consultancy/sub-contractor services contracts, advising on employment status and the application of IR35, agency and other intermediaries legislation.
Admissions & Year Qualified
Solicitor England and Wales 2000
Employment History
For almost all of his career, Jonathan has worked as an employment and commercial services lawyer for full-service City Firms or niche firms run by lawyers with a Magic Circle/US firm background, acting as the employment department head for two of the firms he has worked for, one of which he helped to establish.
Education / Qualifications
- 1997 – 1998 University of the West of England LPC
- 1996 – 1997 University of Exeter CPE
- 1991 – 1994 University of Bristol BSc (Joint Hons) Politics & Sociology
Career Highlights
Clients that Jonathan has acted for include the Bank of England, TMP Worldwide, Viglen Technology Plc, Egypt Air, the National Society for Epilepsy, Sacla UK, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Interquest Group, Ferro Alloy Resources Limited, Mila Resources Plc, QA Limited, Wasps Rugby Football Club and Wycombe Wanderers Football Club.
