Overview
Corporate Counsel
Jonathon advises U.K. domestic and international businesses on mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), corporate governance and taking on equity investment. He helps clients navigate M&A corporate and commercial due diligence, the negotiation and preparation of investment and M&A transaction documentation and the investment screening framework under the U.K.’s new National Security and Investment law.
Data Privacy and Security
Jonathon advises international businesses on U.K. and EU data privacy issues both on corporate and commercial transactions and in a regulatory context. He helps clients navigate data privacy due diligence on M&A deals, data sharing arrangements that underpin key business objectives, international data transfers, data breach response, global privacy programs and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
International Perspective
Jonathon is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and has achieved HSK Level 6.
Personal Interests
Jonathon enjoys running and playing tennis.
Services & Industries
Credentials
Languages
Chinese
Education
University of Law, Bloomsbury
LPC with distinction (2015)
University of Law, Bloomsbury
GDL with distinction (2014)
London School of Economics and Political Science
B.Sc. with first class honours (2011)
Insights & Events
Latest
Insights
Other Perspectives
- In or Out? EDPB Publishes Much-Awaited Guidance on GDPR's Territorial Scope
Co-author, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Journal, April 2019
Firm Blog Contributions
- Discerning Data – a forum that discusses developments in privacy, cybersecurity, information governance and data analytics