Direct Line: +64 7 928 0764
Email: shima.grice@sharptudhope.co.nz

Shima leads Sharp Tudhope’s employment law team and acts for clients in all aspects of employment law including:

• Drafting contracts and policies,

• Providing advice on disciplinary, redundancy, performance management and other employment processes, and

• Representing clients at mediation, in the Employment Relations Authority and before the Employment Court.

Shima joined Sharp Tudhope in 2008, having previously worked for a leading specialist employment law firm in Auckland.

Shima also worked for several years in London as in-house employment counsel.   In that role Shima worked directly with managers, assisting them with day-to-day issues such as recruitment, dealing with misconduct, and performance management.  Shima also advised on large-scale restructuring exercises.

Shima was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in May 2000.

Areas of expertise:

• Employment Law

• Health and Safety

• Industrial Relations

Memberships:

• Human Resources Institute of New Zealand. Shima sits on the Plenty Branch Committee.

• Health and Safety subcommittee of the Freight Logistics Action Group

• New Zealand Law Society Employment Law Committee