Ms Sarah Ash > Walkers > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Walkers
12-14 NEW STREET
ST PETER PORT
GY1 2PF
Guernsey

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)

Sarah AshWalkers

The Walkers team works on a pan-Channel Island basis, handling the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious issues facing employers. The group, under the able leadership of Sarah Ash (‘proactive and exceptional at identifying solutions and resolutions‘), is knowledgeable in new developments in Guernsey’s discrimination and equalities laws. Senior counsel Victoria Pratt specialises in data protection, executive exits, team moves and employment matters associated with regulated financial services businesses. In October 2021, Jenny Brunton joined from Law at Work, bringing with her substantial experience in tribunal claims.