Katherine Gibson

Katherine is a senior employment associate in the London office of DLA Piper UK LLP. Katherine has worked in an EMEA role for a global telecommunication company and then in a UK role for a major global brand. She moved back to private practice in 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. She 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 prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation.