Jane Mann

Practice Areas

All round advice to employers, firms, senior executives and partners in all sectors including compliance with employment law, contracts of employment and advice on both strategic and day to day employment issues

Negotiating settlement agreements on departure, including international agreements

Dispute resolution and litigation for employers, senior executives, firms and partners relating to dismissal, remuneration, post termination competition, bonuses and share incentives, discrimination and whistleblowing

Deep knowledge of the financial and professional services sectors, and the interaction between employment law and the regulatory regimes governing individuals in these sectors including the SMCR

Corporate governance, advice to companies and individuals on the appointment and removal of senior directors, board room disputes, independent advice to Chairmen, NEDs and executive directors.

Advice to entrepreneurs and growing businesses especially in the technology sector

Substantial experience of advising overseas and UK clients on global mobility and other employment issues with an international dimension.

Personal

Jane is a partner in Fox Williams' employment team, advising employers, senior executives and partners on a wide range of complex employment/partnership issues including dispute resolution and litigation.

Jane has been an employment partner at Fox Williams since 1994 and was part of the management team that led the firm from small start up to successful established law firm.

Her entire focus is now on providing advice to employers, firms, senior executives, and partners in many different sectors who value her judgement, experience and commercial acumen, especially where reputations are at stake.

Much of her work involves advising on hard to solve employment/partnership problems, severance negotiations, strategic HR and governance challenges, restrictive covenants/employee competition, dispute resolution, and litigation in the tribunals and courts.

Many of her clients are in the financial services, insurance, professional services and technology/fintech sectors, although she is called upon to advise on executive level issues in wide variety of contexts.