Katherine Gibson
Legal Director
DLA Piper UK LLP
Katherine is a Legal Director in the Employment Department in DLA Piper's London office. Katherine has worked in-house for a number of years; initially working in an EMEA role for a global telecoms company and then in a UK role for a major global brand. Katherine moved back to private practice in March 2013, after almost six years in-house. Katherine aims to provide strategic and commercially aligned advice, assisting clients to achieve their objectives and manage risk.
Katherine advises employers across both domestic and international employment matters and data privacy issues. Katherine is experienced across all types of employment work, including litigation, transactional support and business protection (such as restrictive covenants, confidentiality agreements and litigation regarding breach of the same). In addition, Katherine regularly advises clients on the data protection aspects of employment, including employee monitoring, cross-border data transfers and helping clients comply with GDPR.