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James Cox

James
Cox

Partner

CONTACT INFO

jcox@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44 (0)20 7071 4250

FAX:+44 (0)20 7070 9250

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

Labor and Employment Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Strategic Sourcing and Commercial Transactions

BIOGRAPHY

​James A. Cox is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he serves as Co-Partner-in-Charge of the office. He is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.

Mr. Cox has extensive experience in contentious and non-contentious labor and employment matters, with an emphasis on cross-border employment issues, collective labor and industrial disputes, redundancies and workforce restructurings, ARD/TUPE, the employment aspects of public and private mergers and acquisitions and outsourcing arrangements, corporate governance matters, boardroom appointments and removals, contractor and directorship matters, employment issues facing private equity companies, whistle-blowing, equal pay and other discrimination claims, worker consultation, enforcing and resisting post-employment restrictive covenants, and protecting confidential information from misuse by current and former employees. Mr. Cox also advises on data privacy and data protection issues.

Mr. Cox is recommended as a leading lawyer for Employment in the 2007-2021 annual editions of Chambers UK. He is also recognised as a leading employment lawyer by Chambers Global 2013, Chambers Europe 2013, Best Lawyers (2009-2021), Euromoney’s Labour & Employment Expert Guide and UK Legal Experts 2012. Mr. Cox is also recognised by Legal 500 UK 2021 for Employment. Mr. Cox has been interviewed on matters relating to employment law on television and radio and has been quoted in The Times, The Sunday Times and Financial Times newspapers on employment law issues.  He lectures regularly on behalf of the Employment Lawyers Association and at commercial conferences.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Cox practiced as a partner in the Employment, Incentives and Pensions department of a major English law firm.

EDUCATION

Queen Mary University of London - 1992 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - December 16, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – December 2020
Publications - December 4, 2020 | Webcast: Key labour and employment issues for clients in France, Germany and the UK during the current pandemic?
Client Alert - November 5, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – November 2020
Firm News - October 23, 2020 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2021
Client Alert - October 6, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – October 2020
Client Alert - September 24, 2020 | UK Government Announces Its ‘Winter Economy Plan’
Client Alert - September 8, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – September 2020
Client Alert - August 5, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – August 2020
Client Alert - July 17, 2020 | The Court of Justice of the European Union Strikes Down the Privacy Shield but Upholds the Standard Contractual Clauses under Conditions
Client Alert - July 9, 2020 | Gibson Dunn | Europe | Data Protection – July 2020
Firm News - June 12, 2020 | Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2021 Recognizes 12 Gibson Dunn Attorneys
Client Alert - June 2, 2020 | UK government announces important changes to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
Client Alert - May 18, 2020 | U.K. Employment Law Considerations for Companies Responding to COVID-19 and Planning for a Return to the Workplace
Publications - May 13, 2020 | Webcast: Managing regulatory and legal risk in financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic
Client Alert - March 27, 2020 | U.K. Employment Law Considerations for Companies Responding to COVID-19 – Update
Client Alert - March 21, 2020 | U.K. Employment Law – Updated Considerations for Companies Responding to COVID-19
Client Alert - March 17, 2020 | U.K. Employment Law Considerations for Companies Responding to COVID-19
Client Alert - January 29, 2020 | UK Employment Update – January 2020
Firm News - October 10, 2019 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2020
Client Alert - August 15, 2019 | UK Employment Update – Summer 2019
- July 1, 2019 | Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom 2020 Recognizes 11 Gibson Dunn Partners
Client Alert - January 24, 2019 | UK Employment Update – January 2019
Firm News - November 2, 2018 | Gibson Dunn Ranked in Chambers UK 2019
Client Alert - July 12, 2018 | The Politics of Brexit for those Outside the UK
Client Alert - July 5, 2018 | London Diversity Committee Newsletter – July 2018
Firm News - June 25, 2018 | Best Lawyers 2019 Recognizes Nine UK Partners
Client Alert - January 18, 2018 | UK Employment Update – January 2018
Client Alert - December 4, 2017 | The General Data Protection Regulation: A Primer for U.S.-Based Organizations That Handle EU Personal Data
Client Alert - September 12, 2017 | 2017 UK Employment Update
Client Alert - January 10, 2017 | 2016 Year-End UK Employment Update
Article - July 27, 2016 | Brexit und die Arbeitswelt
Client Alert - December 10, 2015 | H2 2015 – Six Areas of Focus for European Private Equity Firms
Client Alert - February 17, 2015 | Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Outlook and Review: 2015
Client Alert - July 29, 2014 | UK Employment – 2014 Mid-Year Review
Publications - March 12, 2014 | Webcast – VW’s Chattanooga Adventure: Lessons Learned in Europe and America
Client Alert - January 30, 2014 | UK Employment — Key Developments for 2014
Client Alert - July 31, 2013 | UK Employment Update – Summer 2013
Client Alert - April 18, 2012 | Proposals for Binding Shareholder Votes on Executive Pay in the UK
Client Alert - January 31, 2012 | Vote No to Pay — the UK’s Search for the ‘Magic Bullet’ & … The Perils of the Scatter Gun Approach …
Client Alert - January 19, 2012 | Duties of Directors of UK Subsidiary Companies – An Introduction
Client Alert - January 9, 2012 | UK Employment Update – January 2012
Client Alert - July 1, 2011 | The Employee Strikes Back
Client Alert - January 31, 2011 | UK Employment — Key Developments for 2011
Client Alert - December 20, 2010 | UK and European Remuneration Reform: Year in Review
Client Alert - October 5, 2010 | UK Equality Act 2010 — Compliance Review
Client Alert - August 2, 2010 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Mid-Year Executive Summary
Client Alert - July 20, 2010 | UK Pensions Regulator Issues First Contribution Notice
Client Alert - February 28, 2010 | Ten Golden Rules for Retaining Key Employees in UK
Client Alert - February 22, 2010 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Executive Summary (February 2010)
Client Alert - September 8, 2009 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Executive Summary (September 2009)
Client Alert - January 28, 2009 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (January 2009)
Client Alert - September 4, 2008 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (September 2008)
Client Alert - May 15, 2008 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (May 2008)
Article - April 17, 2008 | Out with the Old: Two major age discrimination cases are set to be heard in the US Supreme Court
Client Alert - January 31, 2008 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (January 2008)
Client Alert - October 17, 2007 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (October 2007)
Client Alert - July 18, 2007 | UK Employment and Labour Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (July 2007)
Client Alert - June 27, 2007 | Employment: Parent Power
Client Alert - April 4, 2007 | UK Labour and Employment Law — Quarterly Executive Summary (April 2007)
Client Alert - January 5, 2007 | Developments in UK Labour and Employment Law — Looking Back at 2006
Client Alert - January 5, 2007 | Developments in UK Labour and Employment Law — Looking Ahead to 2007
Client Alert - December 7, 2006 | New Companies Act 2006 (“Companies Act”) Impacts Upon Directors of UK Companies
Client Alert - October 5, 2006 | UK Introduces Protection Against Age Discrimination for the First Time
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