Skip to main content
|

Add a bookmark to get started

Bookmarks info

Carl Blake

Partner
Auckland
About

Carl is a partner in DLA Piper’s employment practice.

He provides strategic advice on all aspects of employment law, including corporate restructures, sales and purchases of businesses, personal grievances, employment agreements and policies, health and safety, human rights and privacy, accident compensation, and collective bargaining.

Carl has regular appearances at mediations and hearings before the Employment Relations Authority and Employment Court. 

Areas of FocusEmployment

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising multiple global and local organisations on the employment law aspects of sales and purchases of businesses;
  • Lead counsel for various organisation in successfully defending reinstatement and personal grievance proceedings;
  • Counsel in the leading case before the full Court of the Employment Court on good faith/consultation issues under the Employment Relations Act;
  • Undertaking investigations and reviews into matters including bullying, harassment and workplace culture; and
  • Advising multiple global and local organisations on the application of the Privacy Act in an employment law and cross-border context.
Education

    My latest insights

    Publication

    2025 promises an array of changes to employment laws

    11 December 2024 .5 minute read

    Event

    APAC employment seminar 2024 | Singapore – Investigations Masterclass

    13 November 2024 .1 minute read

    Event

    APAC employment seminar 2024 | Hong Kong – Investigations Masterclass

    11 November 2024 .1 minute read

    View All

    Connect

    Phone

    +64 21 477 221
    (Work)
    CallvCardLinkedInPrint
    Privacy policyLegal noticesCookie policyModern slaveryWhistleblowingFraud AlertSitemap

    DLA Piper is a global law firm operating through various separate and distinct legal entities. For further information about these entities and DLA Piper's structure, please refer to the Legal Notices page of this website. All rights reserved. Attorney advertising.

    © 2024 DLA Piper