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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)Walkers‘ ‘balanced and knowledgeable’ employment team frequently represents financial services clients in proceedings brought by departing senior staff, with experience handling claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination and other matters. The ‘truly exceptional’ Sarah Ash leads the firm’s pan-Channel Islands employment group, advising on matters arising out of Guernsey’s Prevention of Discrimination Ordinance alongside her work on contentious executive exits. Danielle Brouard regularly appears before the tribunal regarding discrimination claims and assists with the drafting of employment documents, while Katherine Utton, who arrived from Browne Jacobson LLP in November 2023, acts for public and private sector clients in tribunal proceedings. Victoria Pratt is noted for her expertise in data protection matters.