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Walkers Offices
12-14 NEW STREET
ST PETER PORT
GY1 2PF
Guernsey
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Ms Sarah Ash
Work Department
Employment
Position
Sarah is a Group Partner in the Employment team, based in Guernsey. Sarah advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law, including tribunal claims and procedure, contracts of employment, internal grievance and disciplinary matters, managing sickness absence, misconduct and capability issues, dismissals, discrimination, employment policies and procedures, redundancies and aspects of mergers, acquisitions and disposals.
Sarah has experience in advising companies in a broad range of industries including financial services, insurance, legal and media. She also has in-house secondment experience working within both employment legal and HR teams and spent time in a major international bank where she gained invaluable experience of employment related matters from the client’s perspective.
Career
Prior to joining Walkers, Sarah was an Associate in the Employment department of Morgan Lewis in London for eight years. Previously she was an associate at Dewey & Le Boeuf in London. Sarah trained and qualified into the employment team at Allen & Overy LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)Working on a pan-Channel Island basis, Walkers handles the gamut of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including employee exits, grievances, misconduct and M&A-related issues, among others. The firm has also been tasked with providing training on Guernsey’s new Discrimination Ordinance in the lead up to its entry into force in October 2023. Heading the practice is Sarah Ash, whose work covers the full spectrum of employment matters. Senior counsel Victoria Pratt handles matters relating to data protection, while associate Jenny Brunton represents clients involved in tribunal hearings and advises on staff policies. The firm strengthened its employment team with the additions of Danielle Brouard from Collas Crill in April 2022, and Devon Jenkins from ENSafrica in September 2022.