Major clients include Nokia, Channel 4, ITV, Sony, Alibaba, Netflix, Heidrick & Struggles, IMG Media, the British Film Institute, NBC Universal, global financial services companies, pharmaceuticals and consultancy companies, including FTSE 100 companies.
The media, entertainment and tech sector is a particular focus. Graham represented Channel 4 and IMG Media in successfully defending the age discrimination claim brought by John McCririck. Chambers and Partners describes Reed Smith’s London employment team as “renowned specialists in media”. Graham has been advising for a number of years on the application of the Equality Act 2010 to talent selection in TV and film and has spoken with government on the issue.
Graham has many years’ experience in the High Court, Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal. He has defended discrimination claims, whistleblowing claims, high value and complex unfair dismissal claims and disputes over contractual entitlements. He has also acted on high value bonus claims and claims based on restraint of trade issues, including the impact of restraint of trade doctrine on the terms of deferred compensation arrangements.
Graham has many years of top quality experience in all employment aspects of transactional work, having led on numerous high profile TUPE transfers, share sales and outsourcing/offshoring arrangements. These transactions often covered many international jurisdictions.
Clients have voted Graham a 2018 Acritas Star for “his level of engagement in making the relationship grow, his understanding of the cost drivers for the legal team, and his partnership approach in implementing what we want to do”.
