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About
Provided by Joanna Chatterton
Practice Areas
Employment & discrimination law
Employee relations matters
Employment Tribunal litigation
Regulatory aspects of employment in financial services & law firms
Restrictive covenants
Severance agreements
Partnership law
Personal
Joanna is head of Fox Williams' employment team. She advises both employers and senior executives, mainly in the financial and professional services sectors.
Joanna is an experienced employment partner whose clients value her expertise in dealing with tricky employment issues. Her work for employers generally involves matters with strategic implications and sensitive reputational and regulatory concerns. She has extensive experience successfully supporting clients through complex and high value discrimination and whistleblowing claims and is an expert in the interaction between employment law and regulatory law, frequently working closely with our specialist regulatory lawyers.
Joanna’s experience in management at Fox Williams gives her an in-depth understanding of the strategic and business context in the management of employee and partner relations.
She has strong connections with a large number of senior executives and partners whom she has advised on job moves, handling grievances and contentious exits, bringing tribunal claims, managing the regulatory implications of accusations of misconduct and the potential constraints imposed by restrictive covenants.
Joanna is frequently quoted in the press and provides training on employment and regulatory matters for industry bodies.
Chambers Review
UK
Head of the employment team at Fox Williams, Joanna Chatterton regularly advises employers from the financial and professional services sectors on the full range of advisory and contentious employment work, including sensitive investigations. She is also adept at assisting senior executives with restrictive covenants, claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.
Head of the employment team at Fox Williams, Joanna Chatterton regularly advises employers from the financial and professional services sectors on the full range of advisory and contentious employment work, including sensitive investigations. She is also adept at assisting senior executives with restrictive covenants, claims of discrimination and sexual harassment.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jo is extremely responsive and her advice is always user-friendly and pragmatic."
"She is really impressive. Joanna is very clear, has an absolute grasp on employment law and her advice is very reassuring."
"She always provides good advice and helps address questions effectively."
"Jo is an exceptional lawyer."
"Jo is extremely responsive and her advice is always user-friendly and pragmatic."
"She is really impressive. Joanna is very clear, has an absolute grasp on employment law and her advice is very reassuring."
"She always provides good advice and helps address questions effectively."
"Jo is an exceptional lawyer."