Nicholas de Baun

About Nicholas de Baun

RESOLVING EMPLOYMENT ISSUES WITHOUT LITIGATION When employee relations issues…

Experience

1. Partner

   Seyfarth Shaw LLP

   Apr 2012 — Present

   EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEY | PARTNER | FINANCIAL SERVICESMore than 25 years of experience representing employers across a broad spectrum of industries with a special emphasis on financial services. Extensive experience representing employers in virtually every sector of the securities industry, including investment banks, broker-dealers, private equity firms, asset managers, hedge funds, and accounting firms. EFFECTIVE COUNSELING ON COMPLEX AND SENSITIVE MATTERS• Pay equity and pay transparency reviews• Counseling on Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) issues and initiatives• Sensitive employee relations matters, including discrimination and harassment claims, disability accommodation, and performance management• Craft and implement employee policies, including policies addressing remote working arrangements, COVID matters, religious and medical exemptions, and DEI initiatives• Negotiate and draft employment and separation agreements• Conduct sensitive internal investigations, including investigations involving HR, legal, and C-suite personnel• Planning and implementing reductions in forceIN-HOUSE EXPERIENCEFrom 20••••23 also acted as in-house counsel covering business lines for a bulge-bracket investmentbank, including on-boarding, employee relations matters, data loss prevention, managing litigation,implementing policy changes, reductions in force and employee separations, DEI and pay equitymatters, and wage and hour issues. Conducted more than 100 internal investigations, includinginvestigations involving senior executives and Human Resources and Legal Department personnel.

Education

• New York University School of Law

  J.D.

  1991 — 1994

• Oberlin College

  B.A.

  1983 — 1987