Carl Reaich

Carl is a specialist employment lawyer and commercial litigator in the Wellington office of Kensington Swan. 

Carl offers a practical and cost-effective approach to the resolution of a wide range of employment law matters, advocacy in the Employment Court and Employment Relations Authority, mediations, corporate restructurings, collective bargaining, dealing with personal grievances and defending Health and Safety prosecutions.

In addition to his employment law expertise, Carl has strong general litigation experience having worked as a litigator for large commercial law firms in New Zealand and London, and as a Crown Prosecutor. Carl has appeared before courts and tribunals throughout New Zealand, and before United Nations judicial panels.

Before joining Kensington Swan, Carl spent three years in Geneva, where he was a senior legal advisor in the International Red Cross. Carl is also an adjunct lecturer in the Law Faculty of Victoria University of Wellington, and is a contributing author of Brooker's District Courts Procedure.