Katrina Wilson

Biography

Katrina is a Senior Counsel in the Employment & Incentives Team, based in Qatar. She advises employers on all aspects of the employment relationship life cycle. From private (local and multinational), government and semi-government sector employers, to those companies set up under the QFC, QSTP and QFZA regimes.

Katrina is a lawyer with international legal and business experience gained in private practice and in house. She has extensive knowledge of Qatar’s laws and how things operate, having been based in Qatar for over 20 years. Katrina has particular expertise in the following sectors: Education, Hospitality/Real Estate and Pharmaceutical.

She has spoken at various seminars organised by Embassies in Qatar aimed at foreign companies intending to do business in Qatar and in-house training. She is on the Board of Governors of Doha English Speaking School, sitting on the main Board and the following Sub-Committees: HR, Governance and Complaints.

Recent Experience

Advising multinational companies on staff mobilisation and demobilisation in Qatar.
Advising one of Qatar’s leading global mobility and business support services providers.
Advising on employment matters, including due diligence preparation/reviews and employee transfers, for both sell side and buy side of transactions.
Drafting and advising on contracts of employment and staff handbooks/policies.
Advising on terminations of employment and settlements in Qatar, the wider Middle East and Turkey.
Advising on grievances, investigations and disciplinary hearings.
Working in-house with HR on the employee aspects of a business transformation throughout MEA.
Dealing in-house with worldwide employment issues including the satisfactory settlement of a trade union dispute.