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Kathleen Garrett

Kathleen Garrett

UK 2026

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Practice Areas

Kathleen advises clients on domestic and cross-border R&I, corporate and finance transactions in the UK, U.S. and European markets across industries including transportation, energy, finance and technology.

Kathleen is an English- and Irish-qualified lawyer with over 25 years of deep experience in restructuring and insolvency, finance and corporate transactions. Her restructuring and insolvency practice, coupled with her deep knowledge of transactional finance, allows her to provide holistic advice. She has significant experience in special situations, distressed debt, workouts and cross-border restructuring and insolvency.

Her finance practice is centered on advising financial institutions, private equity, funds and alternative lenders and liquidity providers on finance matters, and she also has a track record advising on M&A, corporate, tech, real estate and disputes.

On corporate matters, Kathleen has worked with everything from tech start-ups to helping established multinationals scale, grow, fund and globalise their businesses.

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Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Firms)

Band 6
Band 6

Individual Editorial

Kathleen Garrett of Reed Smith is a restructuring expert who advises a client base that includes lenders and investors on cross-border matters.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • She is an expert in her field, very organised, responsive and always looking ahead to the next steps.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • She is very user-friendly and she is very knowledgeable and innovative.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
  • She is always available to assist, even at weekends. She's very focused on providing value to the business.

    Restructuring/InsolvencyChambers Guide to the Legal Profession

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