Kristen Lopes is a partner in the Commercial Dispute Resolution Group with expertise in employment, industrial relations and human rights law. Kristen has experience in matters of both a litigious and non-litigious nature.
Kristen regularly advises employers on issues with respect to employment contracts, the interpretation of awards and related instruments, privacy issues, termination and restructuring strategies, return to work and workplace policy matters. Kristen has a special interest in managing workplace discrimination and harassment. In 2004, Kristen was invited to present a paper at the Oxford University Round Table on discrimination in employment.
Kristen has represented clients in a large number of industries including the service, retail, financial, manufacturing, healthcare and electricity sectors. She also has extensive experience speaking at conferences and conducting seminars on workplace issues for employers and employer associations.
Kristen was called to the bar in Ontario Canada in 1995 and practised employment law as a partner in one of Canada's leading law firms until she relocated to Australia. Kristen was admitted as a solicitor in NSW and joined CBP in 2006. She is currently completing her master of laws degree at the University of Sydney and obtained the prize in advanced employment law.
Kristin was a finalist in The 2008 McCallum Medal Presentation Competition (organised by the NSW Young Lawyers Industrial and Employment Law Committee and sponsored by Thomson Reuters, The College of Law and Clayton Utz).
Memberships
Law Society of NSW: Law Society of Upper Canada: Canadian Bar Association, Canadian Advocates Society: Human Resource Professional Association of Ontario (Canada).