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Employment - New Zealand

4
Band 4

What the Team is Known For

DLA Piper New Zealand represents the New Zealand arm of a global firm known for its practical expertise in the employment aspects of international acquisitions and divestments. The practice advises on outsourcing agreements and the transfer of staff across jurisdictions, handling contentious matters such as personal grievances and disciplinary actions for long-term clients. The team is also skilled in reviewing employment documentation and adapting to local legislative changes regarding health and safety compliance and industrial relations. The firm handles both domestic and cross-border matters, notably for clients from the insurance and healthcare sectors.

Work Highlights

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  • DLA Piper has advised Merlin Entertainments, a British entertainment company that operated a number of theme parks and other tourist attractions across the globe, on an Employment Relations Authority dispute.

Strengths

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The team is very experienced and able to support us with complex and high-risk matters. Matters are resolved quickly and effectively.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

The DLA Piper New Zealand team went above and beyond to ensure we were presented with a framework that would complete the objective within the budget we had.

Employment respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Laura Scampion
3
Laura Scampion
Head of Employment
3
Band 3

Laura Scampion heads the practice and has considerable experience advising international clients on a number of issues, including outsourcing, restructures, industrial relations, misconduct and personal grievances.

Laura is easily the best employment lawyer I have ever worked with. Her expertise and service is second to none and it is a pleasure working with her.

Laura is a high performer. Her ability to quickly understand the situation and her strong understanding of the law, mixed with her empathetic nature, make her such a great stakeholder to work with.

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Laura Scampion
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Laura Scampion

Laura Scampion

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