Commercial Litigation lawyers

Kate Matthews

Partner in Risk Management, Franchising and Dispute Resolution. Conducts major commercial disputes frequently with EU or international implications in particular in the aviation, construction and franchising sectors. Specialises in contractual commercial claims, business disagreements, warranty claims, shareholder and partnership disputes, injunctive/ interlocutory relief, professional negligence, debts and enforcement, insolvency. Has wide experience of all levels of courts and ADR techniques particularly Mediation and Arbitration.

Downs Solicitors LLP

Kate Rigby

Kate is a partner in RK’s Dispute Resolution Group, with particular expertise in the fields of commercial litigation and real estate litigation. Kate advises lenders, investors, financial institutions, loan servicers, LPA Receivers and large commercial and residential landlords and developers on a wide range of real estate and property related disputes. She also has experience dealing with commercial dispute resolution and recoveries litigation, both domestic and cross border, including insurance claims and financial disputes, professional indemnity claims, complex international fraud cases and dealing with debt and asset recovery and enforcement. The majority of Kate’s work involves claims in the English High Court however she also has experience of mediation, appeals, First tier property tribunal proceedings and BVI High Court proceedings.

Rosling King

Kate Salter

Kate is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team. She regularly acts for individuals in bringing and defending claims against estates, including claims for lack of capacity, want of knowledge and approval and undue influence. She also has broad experience in fraud and forgery claims and proceedings in the Court of Protection, as well as professional negligence claims relating to wills and trusts, and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Kate also works on a number of complex and high value commercial claims, including contractual disputes and civil fraud cases. Kate regularly writes on trust and estate issues and developments, her content having been picked up and republished by other publications including Today’s Wills & Probate, ePrivateClient and LexisNexis.

Kingsley Napley LLP

Kate Ward

TLT

Katelyn Patton

Associate

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC

Katherine Hacker

Bartlit Beck LLP

Katherine Payne

Katherine’s primary expertise is in corporate insolvency, the PPSA, contractual disputes, misleading and deceptive conduct, and building and construction litigation in an insolvency context. Katherine partners closely with her clients to achieve their best strategic outcome efficiently and effectively. She proactively seeks an early favourable outcome. Where this is not available, emphasis on commerciality and strategic decision-making drive her management of formal disputes. Katherine’s clients include many well-known insolvency practitioners, advisory accountants, financiers, national and international corporates, suppliers and manufacturers of a variety of goods, and logistics providers. Katherine regularly publishes articles and presents to clients and associations from a range of sectors, particularly on insolvency issues and regarding the impact of PPSA on their business. She has published PPSA: A Practical Guide for Financiers, and written and developed the PPSA Online Checklist, the first online PPSA claim assessment tool for insolvency practitioners. Katherine sits on the Vic/Tas Committee of the Australian Reconstruction, Insolvency and Turnaround Association and is a Board Member of The Song Room, a national not-for-profit organisation which partners with schools to deliver music and arts programs for children in areas of disadvantage

Hall & Wilcox

Katherine Perrelli

Ms. Perrelli is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. She is a trial lawyer with over 25 years of experience representing regional, national, and international corporations in the financial services, transportation, manufacturing, technology, pharmaceutical, and staffing industries. Her commercial practice focuses on trial work and counseling in the areas of trade secrets and restrictive covenants, unfair competition and complex commercial disputes, including dealer/franchise disputes, and contract disputes. Her experience spans all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, as well as litigation in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies across the country. On the employment side, Ms. Perrelli’s practice focuses on trial work and counseling regarding executive compensation and employer compliance with the ADA, ADEA, Title VII and all other state and governmental laws affecting employers.

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Kathleen McDormand

Partner and Lead, Team North

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Kathleen Taylor

Kathleen is a tri-qualified Barrister licensed in England and Wales, California and the British Virgin Islands. Kathleen has a broad commercial practice with a focus on complex and international commercial litigation, particularly company and shareholder disputes and civil fraud as well as offshore trust and insolvency work. Before moving to England, Kathleen practiced media and employment law in California and also spent four years working in international law for the United Nations in New York.

CANDEY

Kathryn George

Katie George represents clients in high-stakes securities class actions and derivative litigation. Katie leverages keen business acumen and trusted relationships to guide public corporations, international banks, and their boards of directors in: State and federal securities fraud litigation Executive compensation disputes Complex commercial disputes Asset tracing and recovery Securities-related and complex commercial trials and arbitrations She helps clients identify potential securities law issues and strategizes solutions for optimal outcomes. Katie maintains an active pro bono practice. She has secured asylum for immigrants, obtained orders of protection for victims of domestic violence, protected prisoners’ rights in Section 1983 actions, advised in guardian ad litem proceedings, and represented a client in a labor trafficking case. Katie currently serves on the firm’s Women Enriching Business (WEB) committee. She has also served as the head of the Women Lawyers Group in the firm’s Chicago office.

Latham & Watkins

Kathryn Matthews

Partner

Meister Seelig & Schuster

Kathy Patrick

Partner, Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Gibbs & Bruns LLP

Katie Bass

Partner

Ballard Spahr LLP

Katie Byrne

Senior associate Katie has considerable experience in a wide range of domestic and international commercial contract, liability and professional negligence disputes specialising in complex, high-value litigation. She has been commended in Chambers as a 'practical and commercial’ lawyer with a fast response time and ability to ‘empathise with organisational values and branding when formulating a strategy’. She regularly acts for large financial institutions and insurance companies.

Irwin Mitchell

Katie Dyson

Katie Dyson is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Team. Commercial Disputes Katie is a commercial dispute resolution specialist with experience in banking and finance litigation. Her work includes cross border injunctions, civil fraud, commodities actions, corporate litigation and a significant amount of international arbitration, including at a sovereign/interstate level. Katie has a strong focus on the technical aspects of her cases. She was listed as a Rising Star for Commercial Litigation in the 2022 Legal 500 rankings.

Gardner Leader LLP

Katie Hill

TLT

Katie Hood

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Katie O\'Connor

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Katrin Hanschitz

Katrin Hanschitz is a partner at KNOETZL and has been so since the firm’s establishment. She is an experienced first-chair litigator with a strong background in M&A and finance transactions and ancillary disputes. She advocates for predominantly multi-national clients in all forms of shareholder and investment disputes, manager liability and disputed M&A transactions, as well as contentious insurance, financing, international trade (B2B, B2C, distribution) and international insolvency issues, with a particular focus on the social media, life sciences (product liability), banking, construction and energy industries.

KNOETZL HAUGENEDER NETAL Rechtsanwaelte GmbH

Katsuya Hongyo

Partner. Corporate Law; M&A; Banking and Finance; Financial Regulations; Investment; Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Law; Employment Law

Chuo Sogo LPC

Keenan Carter

Butler Snow LLP

Kei-Jin Chew

Managing Director, Ascendant Legal (in Formal Law Alliance with Norton Rose Fulbright)

Norton Rose Fulbright

Keira Gore

Keira is Partner within the Dispute Resolution department in the Isle of Man. She is dual-qualified as a Manx Advocate and a Barrister in England and Wales. Keira was a tenant at a leading Chambers in London prior to joining Appleby in 2018. Keira is an experienced litigator who deals with a broad range of civil and commercial cases, including professional negligence, injunctive relief, and director/shareholder disputes. Keira regularly appears before the High Court in complex and high value cases. Keira is also a specialist in employment and discrimination law. As a Barrister, Keira appeared for a wide range of clients in the Employment Tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal in England. During her time at Appleby, Keira has represented clients in respect of employment disputes proceeding in the Employment and Equality Tribunals of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. Keira also delivers bespoke training in a number of areas including: Employment Law, Discrimination Law, and Dispute Resolution. She is co-author of the English Law Society’s Employment Law Handbook (5th and 6th Editions).

Appleby