Katharine Mortimer

Practice Areas

Financial Services Sector | Corporate

Career

Katharine is a partner in the firm’s Corporate team, specialising in domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, corporate structures, group reorganisations and employee share schemes and incentives. Katharine joined the firm in 1998 after 6 years at Allen & Overy. Katharine is recommended in both Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500, independent guides to the legal profession. In the case of The Legal 500, Katharine is recognised as a Leading Individual for Corporate work, reflective of her experience and expertise.

Katharine acts for UK and international corporates and shareholders on a range of domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions. Katharine is recognised by industry publications for her “expertise and knowledge of aspects such as bank policy” and credited with “superb negotiation skills”.

Katharine is a member of the firm’s Financial Services sector group and has advised businesses from across the sector including financial advisory firms and insurance brokerages on corporate finance transactions.

Katharine has a particular expertise in employee share schemes and incentives, frequently advising businesses on the structure of employee incentive schemes including EMIs, LTIPs and CSOPs.

Katharine’s particular areas of expertise include:

- Banking & Finance

- Corporate governance & advisory

- Financial services

- Mergers & Acquisitions

- Reorganisations & restructuring