Sarah-Jane Watson > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Sarah-Jane Watson
Work Department
Employment
Position
Sarah-Jane specialises in employment law. She advises employers and employees on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Sarah-Jane is experienced in conducting Employment Tribunal litigation, from initial proceedings up to either a hearing or settlement. She has dealt with claims for unfair dismissal, sex, race and disability discrimination, whistleblowing, and equal pay claims.
She advises a broad range of clients from the education, commercial, sports and charity sectors on all manner of employment issues, including employment contracts, policies and procedures, settlement agreements, disciplinary and grievance issues, performance management, redundancies and other terminations, TUPE transfers, and Tribunal litigation. She also has experience advising senior executives on their contracts of employment, exit negotiations and settlement agreements.
Career
Sarah-Jane completed her training contract at Lewis Silkin, during which she spent 6 months on secondment to Shell International Ltd’s in-house employment legal team. On qualification, Sarah-Jane moved to Morgan Russell and joined Farrer & Co in July 2010.
Memberships
ELA, ILS, Law Society
Education
Durham University (College of St. Hild & St. Bede), Oxford Institute of Legal Practice
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration