{"id":9639,"date":"2018-02-06T14:06:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/?post_type=ambassador&#038;p=9639"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T13:30:36","slug":"oliver-j","status":"publish","type":"ambassador","link":"https:\/\/www.aspiringsolicitors.co.uk\/ambassador\/oliver-j\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver J"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am a senior associate in the employment team at Simmons &amp; Simmons. I focus on the financial services sector and have a particular interest in high value and sensitive whistleblowing and discrimination employment tribunal claims. I am also a regular speaker on diversity and inclusion matters, including gender pay reporting and gender balance.<\/p>\n<p>I am state school educated, the first member of my family to go to university and am the first lawyer in my family. I grew up in South Wales before studying law at the University of Wales, Cardiff and my LPC at the University of West of England, Bristol. I have had a varied career including a training contract at Osborne Clarke, seven years at Allen &amp; Overy and two in-house secondments to HSBC.<\/p>\n<p>I am passionate about social mobility and, in particular, in expanding the opportunities open to those from less privileged backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>I have had some great mentors during my career. 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