Jennifer Millins > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Jennifer Millins
Work Department
Employment
Position
Jennifer is a Partner in the Employment department, specialising in complex discrimination and whistleblowing claims, High Court injunctions, workplace investigations and partnership disputes. She is best known for advising a number of journalists at the BBC, including Carrie Gracie, on high-profile allegations of equal pay and sex discrimination against the Corporation. Jennifer frequently advises LLPs and their members in the professional and financial services sectors, and has long-standing experience advising the recruitment sector.
Jennifer is adept at handling large-scale litigation both in the Employment Tribunal and beyond through the appellate Courts, and has substantial experience in High Court litigation, from high-value breach of contract and bonus disputes to injunction proceedings. Understanding the particular challenges of unfair competition disputes, she prosecutes and defends complex and fast-paced cases involving breaches of restrictive covenants, data theft, team moves and the use of social media. Such cases often involve multi-party claims of breach of contract, breach of confidence, inducement to breach and conspiracy. She is experienced in advising on application of remedies for injunctive relief, including mandatory injunctions such as delivery up and forensic IT searches, prohibitory injunctions such as enforcement of restrictive covenants and springboard relief. Jennifer also has experience of arbitrations under LLP and partnership agreements.
As well as providing commercial and strategic advice to HR teams, in-house counsel and boards, Jennifer advises on complex and high-value settlements for senior individuals – employees, directors, LLP members and partners – exiting businesses in a wide variety of sectors.
Jennifer frequently advises on the investigation of workplace misconduct, and acts for senior executives defending such allegations. She also has significant experience in conducting workplace investigations, including independent investigations for employers for whom the firm does not act.
Jennifer has a leading role in the firm’s cross-departmental Recruitment Services Group. She formed part of the Employment Lawyers’ Association’s working parties to respond to the government’s 2016 and 2021 consultations on reform of the law of restrictive covenants and is regularly published in the employment press, quoted in various broadsheet newspapers, and has appeared on news programmes including Newsnight, BBC News, Channel 4, Radio 5 Live, CNN and Sky News to discuss equal pay and gender pay reporting.
For her work in the highly topical debate on Gender Pay Equality, Jennifer was named Human Resources: Individual of the year for London in the Legal 500 Awards 2020 and recognised in The Lawyer Hot 100 Awards 2019. She is also ranked as a Leading Individual for Employment: Senior Executives in Chambers 2022 (Band 2), as a Global Leader Labour, Employment & Benefits in Who’s Who Legal 2021 and as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500 202
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP; Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya; Associate, Mishcon de Reya; Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya; Trainee, Lovells, Qualified – 2006
Languages
French and Spanish
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association
Education
University of Nottingham, BA hon (French and Hispanic Studies)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
(Leading partners)With expertise in partnership and LLP disputes, Mishcon de Reya LLP‘s employment practice is a popular choice for clients from the financial, accountancy, and professional services sectors. Alongside disputes, the group has deep experience assisting on structuring, exits, and whistleblowing claims which has continued to attract new clients to an already strong roster. Daniel Naftalin
leads the team and focuses on contentious and non-contentious employment matters such as High Court and Employment Tribunal litigation, discrimination issues, and restrictive covenants. He is also an expert in advising on termination, competition, and recruitment for LLPs and partnerships in the professional and financial services sectors. Joanna Blackburn is noted for her scope of practice which includes advising LLPs on partnership matters and litigating international and high-profile disputes before the Supreme Court. Jennifer Millins specialises in discrimination and whistleblowing claims, High Court restrictive covenant and team move injunctions, and equal pay disputes, while Greg Campbell concentrates on disciplinary investigations within the financial and professional services sectors. He is adept in regulatory compliance and frequently advises on Remuneration Code issues and the Senior Management Regime.
London > Employment > Senior executives
(Leading partners)Mishcon de Reya LLP is frequently engaged to handle complex matters involving restrictive covenants, team moves, bonus disputes, shareholder disputes and data theft. On the disputes front, the group is active in regulatory and internal investigations, as well as regularly appearing in employment tribunals and before the courts. Daniel Naftalin heads up the practice, which benefits from his significant experience handling move-related disputes in the High Court, in addition to discrimination and whistleblowing claims. Also forming a key part of the team are Joanna Blackburn, an expert in contentious cases; Jennifer Millins, who specialises in discrimination and whistleblowing claims; Susannah Kintish, who is regularly instructed in relation to senior-level terminations; Greg Campbell, a specialist in employment matters in the financial services sectors, as well as LLP and partnership disputes; Sharon Tan, who handles whistleblowing claims; and Matthew Wood, who was promoted to partner in April 2024 and handles high-value exit packages with complex incentive arrangements. Katie Mahoney also provides capable support.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Employment > Senior executives
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Senior executives London > Employment
- Partnership London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates