Jonathan Goldsworthy

Jonathan Goldsworthy is a Partner in the International Employment Group in London. His primary practice area is Employment Law, and he is a specialist employment and immigration lawyer advising on the full spectrum of HR and global mobility issues.

His employment law experience includes negotiating service agreements and executive severances, advising on the protection of confidential information and enforcement of restrictive covenants, and advising on the employment aspects of corporate and commercial transactions. In addition, he advises on TUPE issues in outsourcings (in the public and private sector) and business transfers, on individual and collective redundancy exercises, and on employment tribunal litigation for a variety of claims.

He also assists clients with a variety of business immigration work and is uniquely placed to advise clients on end-to-end global mobility mandates. He advises on the full range of issues under the Points-Based System, as well as other business immigration work issues, including immigration warranties, costs agreements, compliance and tribunal litigation. He has presented immigration briefings and tailored immigration training on the Points-Based System and has written widely published articles on business immigration.

Over the years, he has advised clients in the telecoms, IT, retail and aviation sectors, as well as Hollywood stars and other high-profile individuals. He has a particular interest in the cross-over between employment and immigration law and sports law, and regularly works with the firm's Sports Group to advise sports personalities, sports governing bodies and tournament organisers (in both traditional and esports) on a wide variety of HR issues.