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WONU SANDA

Senior Associate and Solicitor-Advocate

Wonu Sanda is an Associate and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings) specialising in partnership and employment law. Wonu has a background from the Bar, having been called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2013, and has advocacy experience in employment tribunal proceedings. Wonu has a particular interest in matters involving whistleblowing.

Wonu works extensively with clients on partnership and employment law issues on a wide range of matters, including employment and partnership disputes and exits, enforceability of restrictive covenants in traditional partnerships and LLPs, lateral hires and team moves, discrimination, whistleblowing and jurisdictional issues. She has particular experience in matters involving sensitive misconduct allegations and investigations. She also acts for clients in High Court litigation and arbitration matters.

Chambers and Partners UK 2025 ranked Wonu as an ‘Associate to watch’ in the category of Partnership: Contentious: “Wonu is a strong litigator, hard-working and forensic. She is excellent with clients.”

Legal 500 UK 2025 recognised Wonu for her Partnership expertise, describing here as a “notable members of the team.”

Legal 500 UK 2024 recognised Wonu for her Partnership expertise as “an associate with partner written all over her” and “an associate on the rise, with great acumen”.

Chambers and Partners UK 2024 ranked Wonu as an ‘Associate to watch’ in the category of Partnership: Contentious.

Wonu has been recognised by International Employment Lawyer (IEL) in its Tomorrow’s Leaders 2023 survey. The survey features 40 experts from 24 countries across the globe, representing the full legal eco-system. They have been selected based on their involvement in high-profile or innovative disputes, projects, or deals during their first decade of practice. View Wonu’s profile here.

Wonu was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in September 2017.

Wonu is a strong litigator, hard-working and forensic. (Chambers and Partners UK 2025)

Wonu Sanda is an associate with partner written all over her. (Legal 500 UK 2024)

POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association

Member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners

Member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

Member of the International Association of Young Lawyers

RECENT MATTERS

Partnership

Advising and acting for a global law firm in relation to a partner grievance.
Acting for a founding partner in relation to forfeited profit share and threatened contractual and fiduciary breach claims by the partner’s former firm.
Acting for a global law firm in relation to a complex partner misconduct investigation and disciplinary matter.
Acting for several partners in US and global law firms, in relation to proposed de-equitisations and compulsory retirements.
Advising and acting for a global professional practices firm in relation to:
- A complex, highly confidential independent investigation into alleged misconduct by a senior partner in the firm, as well as in respect of extensive follow up partner grievance and disciplinary processes.
- Claims brought by a former partner in the Employment Tribunal.
- Separate sensitive partner misconduct allegations and subsequent investigations processes.
- Their UK LLP agreement and policies.
Acting for a large US law firm in relation to the departure of a senior partner in the firm.
Acting for three partners moving from a multinational law firm to one of the big four, in relation to allegations of a team move.
Acting for a departing partner in a leading global investment partnership, in relation to maternity and other rights and obligations.
Advising and acting for a global professional services firm on a multi-million-pound partner disability discrimination claim.
Advising a leading professional services firm on multiple complex partner sexual misconduct investigation, grievances and disciplinary process.
Acting for several partners in US and global law firms, in relation to proposed de-equitisations and compulsory retirements.

Senior Executive

Advising a senior executive on alleged misconduct and a negotiated exit and settlement agreement, including in relation to confidentiality, regulatory reference issues and the sale of their co-investments.
Acting for a senior banking executive on their exit from the business and settlement agreement, including the effect of restrictive covenants which could impact on a prospective new role.
Acting for the CEO of a company in relation to their exit terms.
Acting for an incoming CEO to negotiate their offer letter and service agreement and advising on their restrictive covenants in relation to the role they were exiting.
Acting for an employee of a bank in respect of an investigation and disciplinary allegations and a negotiated exit.

Employer

Acting for a law firm in relation to allegations by staff of partner bullying and harassment.
Acting for a law firm on partner sex and race discrimination claims.
Acting for a global law firm in respect of a partner disability discrimination claim.
Acting pro bono for Protect in the important Court of Appeal whistleblowing case of Rice v Wicked Vision, which has been joined together with the whistleblowing case of Barton Turns Development Ltd v Treadwell.
Advising a specialist insurance business in connection with alleged breach of confidentiality and a settlement agreement by a former managing director, who was involved in planning to set up a competing business venture together with one of their former employees.
Advising an international law firm on time-sensitive employee conduct, performance management and dismissal issues.
Delivering bullying and harassment training to a large London law firm.
Advised a global law firm on a highly-sensitive investigation into partner misconduct, following serious allegations of sexual harassment raised by a former employee.
Defending a financial services employer in an Employment Tribunal unfair dismissal claim, involving an overseas based employee and related cross border and territorial jurisdiction issues.
Advising a multinational company on handling an employee grievance and termination.
Acting for departing employees leaving a multinational bank to join a new employer, in the context of allegations of a team move and fiduciary and contractual breaches.
Advising a senior executive at an investment bank on their departure.
Advising a senior executive of a professional services firm on the impact of their restrictive covenants on a proposed move to another employer.

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