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Richard Brown

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP
Cannon Place
78 Cannon Street
London
EC4N 6AF
United Kingdom
Languages English

Richard is a Partner in our Employment team. He was qualified as solicitor in 1995 and became a partner in 2005, overall having over 20 years of experience.

Richard specialises in all aspects of Employment Law with experience of both contentious and non-contentious issues. Richard's contentious work includes Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, High/County Court, and Court of Appeal litigation. Richard has also been involved in a number of mediations.

Richard has particular expertise in advising on mental health issues in the workplace offering clients a holistic employee health and performance framework – an occupational mental health policy, specific mental health training and specialist mental health/employment advice on a case-by-case basis.

Richard regularly acts for clients across the Financial Services, Technology and Real Estate and Construction sectors.

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"He understands the intricacies of our business, which helps him find solutions that are the right fit for our company."

Chambers 2017

Relevant experience

  • Acting on injunction applications, relating to enforcement of post termination restrictions.
  • Advising an Investment bank on the successful defence of three high-profile whistle-blowing claims each worth more than £5m.
  • Acting on a multi-million pound bonus claim, which was successfully settled through mediation.
  • Advising on the employment law aspects of Nomura's acquisition of the Investment Banking and Equity business of Lehman Brothers.
  • Advising a major technology company on the relocation of its business to Ireland.
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Memberships & Roles

  • Employment Lawyers Association
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Education

  • 1990 – BA University of Manchester
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13/03/2024
Navigating Complexity: Tackling Tricky HR Issues
London - 13 March 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 GMT Edinburgh - 16 April 2024, 15:30 - 17:00 BST Glasgow - 18 April 2024, 12:30 - 14:00 BST Aberdeen - 2 May 2024, 08:30 - 10:00 BST
28/06/2023
Cost-cutting and restructuring in times of crisis
A tough global economic outlook is driving many employers to review their operational costs. Across businesses, hard questions are being asked about where efficiencies can be made – and ultimately what...
15/03/2023
Mental health and wellbeing
Mental health and wellbeing is seen as a critical aspect of the Social pillar of ESG, which focuses on how employers behave towards their staff. Sup­port­ing employees’ mental health and wellbeing is not only the right thing to do as a socially responsible employer, but there are also business benefits to be gained.
08/04/2021
Employment law changes in April 2021
April each year sees changes in statutory rates and compensation limits and is normally a key date in the employment law calendar. This April the major change is the ‘off payroll’ rules affecting...
15/10/2020
The increasing importance of workforce welfare
Across the UK organisations are homeworking. In England, since the UK Government’s announcements on 22 September, a return to full-time homeworking could last “for perhaps six months”. In Scotland...
08/09/2020
Mental Health Responder Plus (Webinar)
Businesses have been developing an active interest in mental health in the workplace for some time. However, increased awareness on well-being is not on its own sufficient to address chal­lenges presen­ted...
18/08/2020
The impact of COVID-19 and returning to work on mental health
What should employers do to prevent and support mental health issues during this uncertain time? In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in the workplace, employers are increasingly seeing...
01/07/2019
Workplace Harassment: future proofing your organisation
As the risk profile of workplace harassment increases, and organisations assess what needs to change, we can help you mitigate the risks by designing a comprehensive and tailored anti-harassment stra...
12/06/2019
CMS Employment Webinar: Mental Health
We are delighted to invite you to register for our spring webinar series, covering two topical issues of workplace investigations and mental health. Disciplinary and performance management procedures...
06/05/2019
Banking on AI in financial services
In recent years it has become clear that the applications and potential uses of artificial intelligence are an increasing consideration for CMS clients across all sectors, and popular opinion holds that...
08/02/2019
Good Work Plan – what does it mean for business?
At the end of last year we reported on the publication of the Good Work Plan in December 2018. This is the government’s vision for the future of the labour market and the action it will take to implement...
17/12/2018
Transforming health and social care
Industry perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of AI At a roundtable event in London in September 2018, CMS assembled a selection of healthcare operators, industry experts, healthtech companies...