Catherine graduated from Bristol University with a degree in Economics & Politics in 1994. She was articled at Linklaters & Alliance spending 5 months in their Singapore office working on banking and project finance matters before joining their corporate department in London. Catherine joined Davenport Lyons in 1999 and became an Associate in July 2002. Since October 2001 she has been acting as a professional support lawyer to the corporate department. Her experience includes:

• Working with public limited companies, both quoted and unquoted, on mergers, acquisitions and intra-group reorganisations.
• Acting for a number of investment funds, dealing with formations and listings, both in the UK and elsewhere in Europe.
• Acting for clients on public offers for shares, both where such shares are to be listed and where they are not.
• Acting on a number of private company takeovers.
• Acting for clients, both private and public, on rights issues and related reconstruction proposals.
• Advising on a range of intellectual property matters, including software licenses, trade marks and digital television carriage agreements.
• Advising numerous clients on data protection matters.
• Advising on a range of employment related matters, including consultancy agreements and “loan out” agreements.
• Acting for numerous Internet start-up companies, providing both general commercial and corporate finance advice.

In her current role as professional support lawyer Catherine focuses on training, know-how, precedent production and client updates.