9/10/2023 0 Comments Roger deakins biography![]() Workplace Strategies Seminar - "After the Champagne Has Gone Flat: Harmonizing Workforces After an Acquisition" - San Diego - May 12, 2023.Roger is also in demand as a speaker / trainer for clients, including being asked by a global technology company to prepare and present Finnish and Swedish versions of the Line Manager Training “Managing within the Law” he had done for them in the UK.Numerous clients on whistleblowing, poor performance, misconduct, ill health and other employee specific issues.Various outsourcing contracts and ensuring employment transfer/employment risks are managed and minimised.The project involved negotiations with the relevant union and was successfully completed on time and with all 150 employees accepting the change A manufacturing company on the closure of its final salary pension scheme.International secondments and associated documentation and considerations.Advising on restrictive covenant issues – in particular on an international basis involving cross country moves.Advising on employment status issues and successfully defending a high profile 5 day trial brought by freelance journalists against a media company claiming employment status.Advising on the creation of staff consultation bodies.Defending a company from a multimillion pound claim brought by a union in the UK.Advising on entry to new countries including preparation of “country reports” on local employment law, employment contract and associated documentation and checklist of engagement and termination considerations.Misclassification of contractor issues across Europe and Asia.Advising on numerous global RIF/redundancy projects – providing a single point of contact and liaising with local counsel in applicable countries to ensure a consistent, practical, cost effective and joined-up approach.Roger prides himself on giving practical, commercial, proportionate advice on what you can do and how to achieve it in the most sensible way – and not to just quote law, sit on the fence or cite problems without solutions. As such Roger has particular expertise dealing with labour and employment law issues in Europe and Asia. Roger qualified in 1996 and joined Ogletree in May 2017 from an international firm where he had headed the Employment Team and split his time between the firm’s UK and Singapore offices. acquisition, due diligence and harmonisation.His work covers all aspects of employment law across multiple jurisdictions including in particular: Roger’s clients are across all sectors and range from global multinationals to SMEs. He has a particular niche in international issues and alongside his UK workload he oversees the challenges of employing people in multiple jurisdictions for multinational clients. Roger is a London based partner and is the co-chair of the firm’s Global Reorganizations Practice Group and a member of Ogletree’s Cross-Border Practice Group.
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