Katie Harris
Senior associate
Katie is a senior associate in the employment team in Reading, with over 15 years’ experience advising on a broad range of employment issues.
Her clients typically include well-known global companies, PLCs, and senior executives in the technology, life sciences, and motor industries. Clients describe her as ‘pragmatic, business-focused, and centred on delivering the best outcomes for business with minimal friction’.
We must never lose sight of the human aspect of what we do, and this should always remain at the forefront. Above all, I value the strong relationships I have with my clients, who appreciate my ability to help them navigate difficult employment issues with confidence and clarity to ensure their needs and objectives are met.
She is particularly well known for her expertise in complex employee relations/discrimination cases, employment status, IR35, and labour supply chain issues, business reorganisations including redundancies, restructures and M&A work (including TUPE), and advising on the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants. Katie also has extensive experience representing clients (both companies and individuals) in complex and high-value employment litigation.
Katie is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), and co-chair of the firm’s neurodiversity committee. She regularly speaks at external events on behalf of CIPD and runs training events for clients on a significant number of employment matters.
Recent work highlights
High value whistleblowing/bonus claim
Large scale business restructure
Career-long loss disability discrimination claim
Cross-border international M&A work
Restrictive covenant High Court injunctive proceedings
What people are saying
Her advice is always pragmatic, business-focused, and centred on delivering the best outcomes for our business with minimal friction. I can’t recommend Katie highly enough.
Katie has taken the time to understand our business, culture and risk profile and is a true collaborator who helps us achieve great results across a variety of challenges.
Katie is excellent – she is pragmatic, and commercially focused, consistently providing clear and actionable advice… Katie is responsive and easy to work with and I would not hesitate to instruct her again.
