Joanna Chatterton > Fox Williams LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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LONDON
EC2A 1AF
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Joanna Chatterton
Work Department
Employment & HRLaw
Position
Partner
Joanna is head of Fox Williams’ employment team and advises both employers and senior executives, mainly in the financial and professional services sectors.
Described as “an excellent lawyer who is very responsive, practical and helpful” Joanna is an experienced employment partner whose clients value her expertise in dealing with tricky employment issues. Her work for employers generally involves matters with strategic implications and sensitive reputational and regulatory concerns. She has extensive experience successfully supporting clients through complex and high value discrimination and whistleblowing claims and is an expert in the interaction between employment law and regulatory law, frequently working closely with our specialist regulatory lawyers.
Joanna’s experience in management at Fox Williams gives her an in-depth understanding of the strategic and business context in the management of employee and partner relations.
She has strong connections with a large number of senior executives and partners whom she has advised on job moves, handling grievances and contentious exits, bringing tribunal claims, managing the regulatory implications of accusations of misconduct and the potential constraints imposed by restrictive covenants.
Joanna is frequently quoted in the press and provides training on employment and regulatory matters for industry bodies.
Career
Trained Herbert Smith; qualified 1997; joined Fox Williams LLP 1998, partner 2006.
Education
Parkstone Grammar School; St Hilda’s College, Oxford (Literae Humaniores); University of Central England (CPE and LPC).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Senior executives
Recommended for its ‘breadth of practice’, Fox Williams LLP advises senior executives across a range of industries, with particular focus on the financial sector. The firm’s core work ranges from cross-jurisdictional sex and race discrimination cases, to contentious departure work and breach of contract claims. Team head Joanna Chatterton is noted for her expertise in complex and high-value whistleblowing claims, as well as her knowledge in regulatory law. Jane Mann is ‘much respected,’ for her handling of commercial settlements, departures and corporate restructuring, particularly in the banking and professional services sectors. Other key team members include Aron Pope and David Murphy.
London > Employment > Employers
(Leading individuals)Fox Williams LLP assists a range of corporate clients with the management of potential claims by senior employees – often with a reputationally sensitive angle – as well as assisting with employment restructuring following M&A deals and takeovers. The team is led by Joanna Chatterton, a specialist in employment and regulatory crossover work in the financial services and partnerships space. David Murphy, who is experienced in investigations work, is also key, as is fintech specialist Aron Pope.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals London > Employment > Employers
- Senior executives London > Employment
- Employers London > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Transport > Aviation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation