Mere is a Senior Associate, in Buddle Findlay’s national employment team – a team known for their commercial approach. In the last 10 years she has focused her practice on employment law and gained recognition for her skills. Mere provides client focused practical advice on a wide variety of matters. She specialises in providing strategic and practical advice on all aspects of employment law, including advising on personal grievances, restructures and disciplinary matters and she regularly appears in the relevant jurisdictions.

Liz is a partner at Bell Gully in the Employment and Workplace Safety team who delivers practical, commercially-focused advice. She has extensive experience advising on a range of employment issues including Holidays Act compliance, redundancy and restructuring issues, managing poor performance, disciplinary processes, and restraints of trade. She also advises on health and safety and privacy matters.

Charlotte is a solicitor at Bell Gully in the Employment and Workplace Safety team. She provides practical advice on a wide range of issues including personal grievances, disciplinary processes, performance management, enforcement of post-employment obligations, industrial relations, restructures, legal compliance, privacy, and health and safety. She also regularly advises corporate clients on employment aspects of commercial transactions, including due diligence matters, the transfer process for employees and reviewing corporate transaction documents.

Steph Dyhrberg is one of the partners in Dyhrberg Drayton Employment Law, a specialist employment law practice in Wellington. She works as a trusted advisor across a broad range of organisations and carries out independent investigations and reviews. Steph has a special interest in pay equity, and represented one of the supporting interveners in the Bartlett v Terranova litigation. Steph has a special interest in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in the workplace. She was one of the presenters of a recent Law Society webinar on the topic.

June has broad experience in all aspects of both New Zealand and English employment law. June regularly advises on senior executive appointments and terminations; restraints of trade and protection of confidential information; performance and disciplinary processes; restructuring, redundancy and outsourcing programmes; industrial relations and collective bargaining matters; whistleblowing and protected disclosures; and employee data privacy issues. June has been involved in litigation at all levels of the New Zealand court system, both in relation to substantive disputes and urgent interlocutory matters. June has significant experience in acting for both private and listed companies in the financial services, pharmaceutical and healthcare, and food and beverage sectors. June recently returned to New Zealand, having practiced at a magic circle firm in London for several years, and at another top tier New Zealand law firm prior to that. During her time in London, June regularly advised leading private equity houses and FTSE100 companies on employment law and regulatory issues.

Emily has a wide range of experience in all aspects of New Zealand employment law, including privacy and health and safety. She regularly advises clients on performance and disciplinary processes, restructuring and redundancy, immigration issues, restraints of trade and protection of confidential information, industrial relations and collective bargaining matters, and commercial advisory matters including corporate transactions and employee transfers. Emily has experience in assisting clients through the lifecycle of the collective bargaining process, including providing assistance during negotiations. Emily also has experience in employment litigation, including appearing before the Employment Relations Authority.