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Dilshen Dahanayake

Dilshen is an Associate at Littler and has experience across the full gamut of employment law. He assists employers with complex dismissals, remuneration arrangements, asset protection, restructurings and redundancies, and discrimination. He also has significant experience in dispute resolution, including having acted for clients in mediation and appeared as counsel in New Zealand’s Employment Court in injunctive proceedings and a high-profile worker reclassification claim. Dilshen also advises on the people aspects of corporate transactions. · Littler

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About

Dilshen is an Associate at Littler with experience across the full gamut of employment law, assisting employers with complex dismissals, remuneration arrangements, asset protection, restructurings and redundancies, and discrimination. He has significant dispute resolution experience (including mediation) and has appeared as counsel in New Zealand’s Employment Court in injunctive proceedings and a high-profile worker reclassification claim, and also advises on the people aspects of corporate transactions.

Practice areas

EmploymentLitigationCorporate / M&ARestructuring

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Expertise

Complex dismissalsRemuneration arrangementsAsset protectionRestructurings & redundanciesEmployment discriminationDispute resolution & mediationEmployment Court litigationWorker reclassification claimsPeople aspects of corporate transactions

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) with Health Sciences, University of Auckland (2015–2020)

Admissions

  • Admitted to the New Zealand bar (March 2021)

Languages

English