Nigel Knowles

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Sir Nigel Knowles is the former global co-chairman of the law firm DLA Piper and since 2017 newly appointed Chairman of DWF LLP. [1] [2] He was also appointed as the Chairman of recruitment firm Brewster Partners before resigning on 25 November 2021 [3] following allegations of furlough fraud made by whistle blowers and reported by The Times newspaper and the BBC. [4] [5] [6]

Life

He was educated at the University of Sheffield, where he studied law, and joined Broomhead & Neals as an articled clerk in 1978. [7]

In 1996 he was appointed as managing partner of what was then Dibb Lupton Broomhead. [7] In 2005 he became joint chief executive officer of DLA Piper following a three-way merger between DLA and U.S. law firms Piper Rudnick and Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP. [8] He was knighted in March 2009. [9]

In 2016 he was picked to serve as High Sheriff of Greater London for one year, [10] and joined the advisory board for the legal communication platform, [11] The Link App.

Sir Nigel is also the current Chairman of the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, a role that works with the private and public sector within the Sheffield City Region to drive economic growth across the nine local council areas that comprise the Sheffield City Region. Sir Nigel is also the current Chairman of [BioSURE]a company which manufactures COVID-19 lateral flow tests. He works closely with the BioSure team to set the strategy and direction, and advises on how best to scale up the business internationally quickly and effectively. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Firm Leadership". DLA Piper. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "Nigel Knowles". The Times. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "CITYROAD LIMITED people - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Ellery, George Greenwood, Ben. "Knight's firm Brewster Partners may face investigation for 'furlough fraud'". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Ellery, George Greenwood, Ben. "Knighted director quits firm accused of furlough fraud". The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved 2 December 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "Recruitment firm wrongly claimed furlough as staff worked, ex-employees say". BBC News. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Sir Nigel Knowles: Knight exemplar". The Lawyer. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "The knight's tale: Sir Nigel Knowles". Managing Partner. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2010.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Yorkshire lawyer Sir Nigel Knowles took on the world and won". The Times. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Greater London 2016/2017". High Sheriffs Association. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Boost for TheLinkApp as Knowles joins advisory board". legalfutures.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  12. ↑ "Sir Nigel Knowles".
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