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About
Provided by Catriona Watt
Practice Areas
Catriona Watt specialises in contentious partnership law as well as employment and discrimination law. She advises professional firms, partners, senior executives and employers across a variety of sectors. Catriona often advises on complex team move situations in which there are usually restrictive covenant, fiduciary duties and potential forfeiture aspects, as well as senior and board level disputes and contentious exits from partnership structures in professional services, financial services, insurance and private equity. She advises on other contentious senior level employment and partnership issues and has particular experience in dealing with private equity partnership disputes and in misconduct investigations, including harassment, involving senior individuals and law firm partners. Where litigation cannot be avoided, Catriona draws on her experience of litigating partnership and employment disputes in the High Court, Employment Tribunal and in arbitration.
Career
Catriona Watt joined Fox in 2008, and is dual-qualified in Scotland and England and Wales.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners, Employment Lawyers Association and International Bar Association (former Chair of Young Lawyers Committee).
Publications
Articles written by Catriona have appeared in the Times, The Financial Times, IBA newsletters and Personnel Today. Catriona has been interviewed on national radio and various podcasts, including the Fox podcast "Foxed?", and regularly speaks on specialist panels.
Chambers Review
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Catriona Watt handles a broad range of highly sensitive and contentious partnership matters, including compulsory retirements, partner exits and sexual harassment allegations.
Catriona Watt is noted for her astute advice to senior executives. She regularly advises clients on cases involving discrimination, whistle-blowing and restrictive covenants.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Catriona is exceptional, she is a force to be reckoned with and I am always grateful for her sound advice and practical approach."
"She is very strategic and sees the whole picture. Catriona has an excellent ability to map out what the other side will likely do."
"Catriona is a highly intelligent and sophisticated practitioner with strong communication and negotiation skills."
"Catriona is a calm voice of reason."
"Catriona is good technically, good with clients and good at getting the job done."
"Catriona Watt knows partnership law inside-out."
"Catriona is exceptional, she is a force to be reckoned with and I am always grateful for her sound advice and practical approach."
"She is very strategic and sees the whole picture. Catriona has an excellent ability to map out what the other side will likely do."
"Catriona is a highly intelligent and sophisticated practitioner with strong communication and negotiation skills."
"Catriona is a calm voice of reason."
"Catriona is good technically, good with clients and good at getting the job done."
"Catriona Watt knows partnership law inside-out."
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