Kathryn Evans Kathryn Evans
Kathryn Evans
Senior Associate
Employment
NZ Lawyer Rising Star 2024

T +64 3 379 7622

M +64 27 272 3007

kathryn.evans@wynnwilliams.co.nz

Specialist areas of practice

  • Employment law
  • Health and safety
  • Privacy

As a senior associate in our employment team, Kathryn advises on all aspects of employment law including employment investigations, restructuring, disciplinary and medical processes, restraint of trade issues and negotiated exits. She is highly experienced and represents her clients in all forms of dispute resolution. Her strategic nous, coupled with her assured demeanour, sees her regularly called upon by clients to support them in defending complex personal grievance claims.

Kathryn also has significant experience working with inhouse legal and HR teams of local authorities and large national and international companies. She is also adept at navigating the media interest that often arises from employment matters, having worked closely with a some of the country's top public relations professionals on cases of national significance.

Kathryn also advises on health and safety matters and employer obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.