Walkers

Employment

Jo Powis is part of the Walkers' Employment practice group based in Jersey and provides comprehensive advice across all areas of employment law, with particular expertise in whistleblowing and complex discrimination claims.

Her experience includes:

• internal investigations
• grievance and disciplinary processes
• whistleblowing procedures and complaints
• discrimination claims
• managing poor performance and sickness absence
• terminations and settlement negotiations
• redundancies and restructures
• employment procedures and policies
• employment contracts
• drafting and enforcing post-termination restrictions
• employment aspects of acquisitions, disposals and outsourcings

Jo regularly represents clients in complex Tribunal proceedings, including claims involving discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing.

She also provides strategic counsel on large-scale projects, including restructures, policy review processes and corporate transactions.

Jo also has in-house experience from 6 month secondments to the employment law teams at a major bank and a global telecommunications company.

Prior to her current role, Jo spent 16 years practising in the London office of a major international law firm where she advised clients across a diverse range of sectors including financial services, insurance, e-commerce, media and entertainment, telecommunications and retail on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association.

Legal Practice Course (LPC), Nottingham Law School LLB (Hons) Law, University of Nottingham