She has significant special situations, distressed debt, workouts and cross border restructuring and insolvency experience. Her restructuring and insolvency practice, coupled with her deep knowledge of transactional finance allows her to provide holistic advice, and clients appreciate her ability to provide quick, effective advice that takes account of both the legal and commercial sides of a transaction.

On corporate matters, Kathleen has worked with everything from tech start-ups to established multinationals scale, grow, fund and globalise their business. This has drawn on her ability to get a quick grasp of the issues and collaborative work ethic to guide a path to completion. Mandates include SPACs in the US and EU markets, tech and fintech fundraisings, debt and equity capital markets, monetisation events and M&A, and everything in between.

Her finance practice is centred 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.

Kathleen is considered a go-to adviser for credit and financial institutions, private equity funds, corporates, partnerships and individuals, with clients in areas such as property, operating businesses, structured finance, portfolio sales, fund and tech lending, aviation, film, data centers, co-ops, and derivative and insurance products.

Legal 500 2023 describes Kathleen as drawing on a 'keen legal intellect' and 'a superb understanding of commercial issues.’