Matthew Dearing
LLB, LLM
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Matthew Dearing joins us from Wilson Group’s FIRST Security & Wilson Parking where he was Employment Relations Legal Counsel for New Zealand. Matt was previously the Head of Legal – General Counsel for the EMA.
Matt graduated from the University of Waikato with a Bachelor of Laws in 2004, was admitted to the Bar in 2005 and then completed a Master of Laws at Victoria University of Wellington in 2010. He is an AMINZ-qualified mediator and been a sitting member of The Law Association’s Employment Law Committee for the past 12 years.
Matt has extensive experience in providing employment law advice to a range of clients from large multinationals to small business, and employees. He routinely advises clients on a range of matters, including:
- Restructuring, performance management and medical incapacity;
- Drafting and reviewing employment documentation such as employment agreements, independent contractor agreements, policies, and bonding agreements;
- Workplace Investigations;
- Attending and advising on more contentious issues, such as personal grievances, mediation, disciplinary and performance matters, exit negotiations, the enforceability of restraints of trade, and Privacy Act information requests;
- Labour Inspectorate (investigations and audits);
- Union issues, such as collective bargaining (strategy development and negotiations), strikes and lockouts; and
- Representing clients in mediation, the Employment Relations Authority, the Human Rights Review Tribunal, and the Employment Court.
