Experience

Alderwood Capital

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  Alderwood Capital is an investor in specialist, single strategy asset management businesses. As a team we have the experience, the patience, the industry knowledge and the sourcing connections to uncover best in breed boutique active managers seeking equity capital. We are a new firm but, as a team, we have been doing this a long time and we believe we have one of the strongest track records in this specialist area of asset management. Our success is based on four unshakable beliefs: - We believe that asset management does not get better when it gets bigger. - We believe that focused specialist boutiques consistently outperform generalists over time. - We believe that firms where management are also owners outperform other firms over time. - We believe that thoughtful, patient asset managers serve their clients and wider stakeholders better than firms fixated on asset raising, diversification, short term returns and hyperactive trading. At Alderwood Capital, I am a Partner, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.



Santander UK

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Interim Head of Executive Governance

  • Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

  Responsible for the organisation, orderly running and minuting of the bank’s two most senior executive management fora: Bank ExCo and the Senior Management (SMF) Committee; and advising all relevant stakeholders and the Office of the CEO on matters relating to the business of those committees. Covering the role until a new permanent Head is recruited in Q1 2020.

• Senior Consultant, Bank Ring-fencing Compliance and Reporting

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2019



NatWest Group

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Consultant, Bank Ring-fencing & Structural Reform

  • Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

  Supporting RBS Group's structural reform programme, in particular the implementation of the Group's strategy in preparation for ring-fencing.

• Acting Head of Corporate and M&A

  • Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

  Acting Head of Corporate/M&A, RBS Legal, based in London and Edinburgh, covering a maternity leave.



Natixis Investment Managers

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Consultant

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2015

  Lead internal counsel on a fund administration and depositary services outsourcing project for Natixis Global Asset Management. Lead internal counsel on a fund administration and depositary services outsourcing project for Natixis Global Asset Management.



Citi

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Legal Consultant

  • Dec 2013 - Jul 2014

  Engaged with Citibank's Depositary Services business to provide and coordinate legal support on the roll-out and launch of Citi's AIFMD trustee and depositary products. Engaged with Citibank's Depositary Services business to provide and coordinate legal support on the roll-out and launch of Citi's AIFMD trustee and depositary products.



Invesco EMEA

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Legal Consultant

  • Apr 2013 - Jul 2013

  Lead internal counsel on a major back and middle office outsourcing transaction Lead internal counsel on a major back and middle office outsourcing transaction



Speechly Bircham

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner, Corporate and Financial Services

  • Sep 2010 - Mar 2013

  Jonathan's practice focused on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and other organisational restructurings and joint venture transactions, particularly in the financial services and wealth sectors. Jonathan is well regarded by clients who have commented that he is a "pleasure to work with", providing "practical and relevant advice". Jonathan's practice focused on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions and other organisational restructurings and joint venture transactions, particularly in the financial services and wealth sectors. Jonathan is well regarded by clients who have commented that he is a "pleasure to work with", providing "practical and relevant advice".



Mayer Brown

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

  Jonathan was a partner in Mayer Brown's Corporate/M&A Group in London. While focused primarily on the financial services sector, he was also a member of the firm's Outsourcing and TMT Groups. Jonathan's clients have commented that he is a "pleasure to work with", providing "practical and relevant advice".

• Solicitor

  • Sep 1998 - Dec 2006



DLA Piper

• United Kingdom
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solicitor

  • Jul 1995 - Sep 1998

  Jonathan joined the then Alsop Wilkinson in July 1995 as a Paralegal in the Corporate Department of the firm's Liverpool office. Having been offered a training contract with the firm, Jonathan qualified as a Solicitor in the Corporate Department in Liverpool in August 1997. Jonathan left in September 1998 to move to London where he joined Rowe & Maw (now Mayer Brown). Jonathan joined the then Alsop Wilkinson in July 1995 as a Paralegal in the Corporate Department of the firm's Liverpool office. Having been offered a training contract with the firm, Jonathan qualified as a Solicitor in the Corporate Department in Liverpool in August 1997. Jonathan left in September 1998 to move to London where he joined Rowe & Maw (now Mayer Brown).