Jennifer Wright

Jen is a Principal Associate employment lawyer with over 8 years experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law. Jen qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 2011 and started her career in house, working for Scotland's largest local authority for 6 years before moving into private practice and joining Shoosmiths in August 2020. She is based within the Scottish employment team. In her career she has represented clients at Employment Tribunals throughout the UK and also in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, conducting all of her own advocacy. She also provides day to day employment advice and support to HR teams on a range of matters including disciplinaries, grievances and absences. In addition, she provides corporate support to our corporate teams in a commercial and solution driven fashion. · Shoosmiths

ScotlandEmployment, Employment Litigation

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Principal Associate employment lawyer at Shoosmiths based in the Scottish employment team, with over 8 years' experience advising on all aspects of employment law. Qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 2011, she has represented clients at Employment Tribunals across the UK and the Employment Appeal Tribunal, conducts her own advocacy, provides day-to-day HR advice on disciplinaries, grievances and absences, and offers commercial employment support to corporate teams.

Practice areas

EmploymentEmployment LitigationCorporate / Commercial

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Scotland

Shoosmiths · Jen is a Principal Associate employment lawyer with over 8 years experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law. Jen qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 2011 and started her career in house, working for Scotland's largest local authority for 6 years before moving into private practice and joining Shoosmiths in August 2020. She is based within the Scottish employment team. In her career she has represented clients at Employment Tribunals throughout the UK and also in the Employment Appeal Tribunal, conducting all of her own advocacy. She also provides day to day employment advice and support to HR teams on a range of matters including disciplinaries, grievances and absences. In addition, she provides corporate support to our corporate teams in a commercial and solution driven fashion.

Scotland

Expertise

Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal advocacyHR advisory: disciplinaries, grievances and absence managementCorporate-focused employment support to corporate teams

Admissions

Solicitor, Scotland (qualified 2011)