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Kathryn Clapp

Kathryn Clapp

Senior Counsel – Knowledge

  • London UK
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Kathryn is a senior counsel - knowledge lawyer in the Employment, Pensions & Mobility group responsible for the group’s know-how, knowledge sharing and legal training requirements. She provides clients with the latest legal developments and their business impact. Kathryn co-edits and writes regularly for the group’s client newsletter, Law at Work, and also for external organisations on employment law matters. Prior to becoming a knowledge lawyer Kathryn advised commercial clients on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment issues in the Employment group.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Employment, pensions & mobility
Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
Employment

CV

Since 2023 Senior Counsel - Knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2023 Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2003 - 2016 Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2002 - 2003 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
1999 - 2002 Senior Associate, Garretts
1996 - 1999 Associate, Field Fisher Waterhouse
1994 - 1996 Trainee, Field Fisher Waterhouse
1996 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1993 Law Society Finals with honours
1992 Common Professional Examination
1991 BA Hons, University of Cambridge

Career

Since 2023 Senior Counsel - Knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2022 - 2023 Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2003 - 2016 Professional Support Lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2002 - 2003 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
1999 - 2002 Senior Associate, Garretts
1996 - 1999 Associate, Field Fisher Waterhouse
1994 - 1996 Trainee, Field Fisher Waterhouse

Education

1996 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1993 Law Society Finals with honours
1992 Common Professional Examination
1991 BA Hons, University of Cambridge

Publications

'Corporate governance green paper: A deeper dive' HR Magazine, December 2016
Employee Benefits website, May 2016
"Early conciliation one year on: uptake and recent cases", Thomson Reuters HR website, July 2015
The Rules: Government position on insolvency and employment law conflicts ‘demonstrably wrong", Financial Director, December 2015
Just how mandatory is mandatory early conciliation?, Employment Law Journal, 2014, p.2-4, 154

Memberships & Associations

Employment Lawyers Association
Industrial Law Society
Network for employment professional support lawyers
PEN

Additional languages

English

Kathryn's news & insights

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Employment, pensions & mobility

Employment Rights Act 2025: Upcoming changes and their effect on current working practices

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Law at Work: Hot topics

21 January 2026
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