Katherine Sheerin Head of Employment and Data Privacy

Katherine heads up our Employment and Data Protection team and has more than 20 years’ experience advising on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment and data protection issues.

Katherine specialises in supporting predominantly employer clients in the financial services, banking and insurance sectors as well as trading companies, charities and not for profit organisations. She covers all aspects of the employment lifecycle with a particular focus on senior executives, restructuring, equality and diversity issues, as well as business transfers and acquisitions.

As a qualified data protection practitioner, Katherine also specialises in data privacy and GDPR matters, having experience in auditing, training and compliance advisory work. She has been described as “responsive and very knowledgeable, able to advise on employment related multi-jurisdictional matters at short-notice.” One client said: “Cains is our go-to firm for Isle of Man employment advice. We are confident in the employment teams’ capabilities to advise on complex matters.”

Katherine is individually ranked by Chambers and Partners UK Guide for Employment and as a ‘Leading Partner’ in the Employment category by The Legal 500 UK.

Clients describe Katherine as “an excellent and experienced employment law practitioner who is technically very strong, highly pragmatic and always responsive within relevant timeframes.” She is praised for being “deeply knowledgeable, commercially minded, and solution-focused and is very strong across the board in terms of employment law advice.” Katherine has also been described as “an exceptional, all-round employment lawyer” who is “extremely easy to work with and explains situations clearly.”

Services and Sectors

• Data Protection
• Employment