William Nieporte, who co-founded Bramshill Investments, was dismissed in 2022 after the company discovered he was not attending one of the firm’s offices in New York, Florida or California.

Nieporte, who lived hundreds of miles from Bramshill’s nearest office, is seeking at least $30m in a lawsuit against HR firm ADP TotalSource and is also pursuing arbitration against Bramshill and its owners.

He claims his dismissal was an attempt to force him out and acquire his 12 per cent stake in the firm, which had a provision requiring shareholders to sell their holdings if dismissed for cause.

The dispute comes as companies continue efforts to reverse pandemic-era remote working practices, although about 22 per cent of US workers still worked remotely at least part of the time in 2025.