Ms Joanne Redmond > Baker McKenzie > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Baker McKenzie
280 Bishopsgate
London
EC2M 4RB
England
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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Jo is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team in London. Jo advises clients in a wide range of industries on complex commercial disputes and investigations. She also regularly provides specialist product safety and regulatory compliance advice and acts for clients in product liability disputes. One of Jo’s other areas of specialism is advising clients on a wide range of regulatory, public and administrative law issues, including judicial review, consultations, freedom of information and public procurement.

Jo’s practice often involves drawing on crisis management experience to help clients protect their reputations and shareholder value when dealing with urgent, time pressured issues and/or intense public scrutiny.

Jo was ranked as a Next Generation Lawyer in the Legal 500 Product liability: defendant category in 2017. Jo has participated in the UK Government’s Working Group on product safety and recalls and has assisted with the development of the Government’s training programme for Trading Standards Officers on the new UK Code of Practice for Product Recalls.

Languages

English, German

Memberships

  • Steering Committee for the Young Public Law Lawyers Group – Member

Education

  • Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (Post Graduate Diploma Law) (2007)
  • Oxford University (Law Degree European Legal Studies) (2006)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Insurance > Product liability: defendant

(Leading associates)

Joanne RedmondBaker McKenzie

With a large network of offices around the UK, Baker McKenzie LLP offers a full service for clients seeking assistance at any stage of a product liability claim’s life cycle. The team is well known for its advice on product compliance and risk management, and often handles multi-jurisdictional product recalls, particularly for clients from the manufacturing and retail industries. Practice head Kate Corby is an experienced litigator and is described as ‘an excellent strategist with rigorous commercial sense’. Joanne Redmond, who has particular strength on the regulatory compliance side of product liability matters, is a further name to note in the team.

London > Public sector > Administrative and public law

Baker McKenzie has a broad practice that encompasses ESG-related litigation, commercial judicial review, public inquiries, and freedom of information matters. Yindi Gesinde is skilled at handling investigations; she also has experience acting on cases relating to child protection. Francesca Richmond frequently advises on regulatory investigations. William Jones and Joanne Redmond are noted for their capabilities with judicial reviews and public procurement work. Former practice head Joanna Ludlam left the firm in early 2025.