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Katariina Hatakka

Associate

LLB and MA (Medical Ethics and Law)

Katariina joined Resolve in 2021, and requalified as a lawyer in New South Wales in 2023, after relocating to Sydney from Germany where she worked in-house in the areas of M&A, commercial law and compliance, as well as employment law. In addition to her German Law qualifications, Katariina obtained her LLB and MA (Medical Ethics and Law) at King’s College London. Katariina is actively involved in the NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Subcommittee and the Litigation Law and Practice Committee of the Law Society of NSW, as well as a member of the German Australian Pacific Law Association and the Medico-Legal Society of NSW.

Katariina has a particular interest in commercial litigation, competition and consumer law as well as compliance.

Publications

Nygh, N., & Hatakka, K. (2022). Primacy of the Contract for Gig Economy Workers. WORKPLACE REVIEW, 11(3), 157–161. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agispt.20221111077897

+61 2 8298 6003
+61 422 662 452
katariina.hatakka@rllawyers.com.au

Expertise

advising clients in relation to consumer law claims, including for misleading or deceptive conduct under the Australian Consumer Law, ASIC Act 2001 (Cth) and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales; and
independent compliance reviews of various ASX listed and private companies pursuant to court orders or undertakings given to the ACCC under section 87B of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth).

See Competition and Consumer Law

advising clients in relation to various commercial and contractual disputes and litigation, including in relation to financial services and property disputes in Local Court, District Court and Supreme Court proceedings in New South Wales and Queensland; and
advising clients in relation to debt recovery for professional services including in Supreme Court proceedings in New South Wales and Queensland.

Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution