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
England - London • Corporate and commercial
Mishcon de Reya LLP
The cross-departmental team of specialists at Mishcon de Reya LLP offers ‘exceptional experience’ in partnership and LLP disputes and matters concerning the rights and obligations between the LLP and its members. Operating across a broad range of sectors including accountancy, financial and professional services, the ’experienced, sensible and service-minded’ lawyers have handled unlawful competition, and remuneration disputes in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. The team also advises on the structuring, set up and management of LLPs, incentive structures and exit strategies. Practice head Daniel Naftalin has extensive experience in acting for LLPs, corporates and senior executives and offers expertise in team moves, discrimination, LLP disputes and restrictive covenant enforcement. Joanna Blackburn has a broad practice, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters in the employment space and advising LLPs on matters affecting their members. The ‘exceptional’ Jennifer Millins specialises in team moves advisory work, discrimination and whistleblowing claims, restrictive covenant and equal pay disputes. Operating at the intersection of employment law and regulation is Greg Campbell. He is skilled at handling major disciplinary investigations involving senior executives and allegations of misconduct by employers and regulators.
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Testimonials
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‘Best in class understanding of how the partnership model works in financial services. They have deep knowledge of the pitfalls within those documents and offer clever drafting of IMA to best protect the individual from catch all clauses in the partnership agreement.’
‘Laura Penny displayed clever and practical drafting around the individual members agreement to best protect my interests but in a way that was acceptable to the partnership.’
‘Already the leading employment practice in the country, Mishcon continues to expand and impress with the range of its partnership work and expertise.’
‘The team has exceptional experience in advising partnerships and LLPs on all aspects of governance and the intricacies and fast-moving dynamics of modern partnerships. Jennifer Millins is an exceptional lawyer.’
‘A very experienced, sensible and service minded team. Laura Penny is smart, dedicated and very easy to work with.’
‘Good international network and connections to relevant counsel to consult with on my case. My experience has involved friendly, approachable and enjoyable interactions.’
‘Jennifer Millins and Jamie Barton were both incredibly helpful, proactive and insightful. They brought the right people together globally to consult on my case.’
Key clients
- Ondra LLP
- OTC LLP
- Millennium Capital Partners LLP
- Vista Equity Partners LLP
- Apax Partners LLP
- Finnegan Europe LLP
- Capeview Capital LLP
- Fried Frank LLP
- Dave White and Clark Coffee, Partners at Tyndaris LLP
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Daniel Naftalin