People | Jo Sanders-Key

Jo is a Senior Associate in the Media and Information and the Litigation Practices.

She advises on a wide range of media and commercial litigation matters. She specialises in all aspects of reputation management for corporate and individual clients, including libel, privacy, brand protection and misuse of confidential information. Recent cases have included obtaining urgent injunctions and pursuing claims in privacy, breach of confidence and protection from harassment in relation to publication of unlawful material on websites and threats of disclosure of information, including using legal means to identify anonymous authors operating on blogs and social networking sites. She also acts for film and theatre producers and publishers in relation to content clearance.

Jo was the Senior Associate on the Harbottle & Lewis team acting in a major licensing dispute surrounding the Skype software in 2009. Her other commercial experience includes advising on data protection complaints, television format rights disputes and other contractual claims. She also has experience in judicial review claims against regulatory authorities.

She has written widely on media law including articles for The Guardian and The Independent and is a contributing author of "Effective Internal Communications (PR in Practice)".

Jo previously worked as a journalist, and later as a media relations consultant for the public relations firm QBO before qualifying as a Solicitor. She has a BA (Hons) from the University of York. She trained at Olswang, qualifying in 2003 into its media litigation team, where she practised for three years. She joined Harbottle & Lewis LLP in August 2007 and was made a Senior Associate in 2009.

"Jo Sanders is 'pragmatic and articulate – she really holds her own when dealing with complex matters.'" Chambers and Partners, 2010

"Jo Sanders 'really comes up with solutions and is plainly superb in her dealings with clients,' sources say." Chambers and Partners, 2009