Joanna Powis

Jo 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.