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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
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Kate Johnston
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Kate Johnston is a Principal Associate in the Commercial Disputes team in London.
Kate has a diverse international arbitration practice representing commercial clients involved in complex disputes, often in challenging jurisdictions.
Kate is listed as a “rising star” in International Arbitration by Legal 500 (20212 and 2023 editions); “one to watch” in International Arbitration by Best Lawyers (2024 edition) and has been featured in Legal Business’s “Next Generation of Arbitration”. Kate Johnston is a Principal Associate in the Commercial Disputes team in London.
Kate has a diverse international arbitration practice representing commercial clients involved in complex disputes, often in challenging jurisdictions.
Kate is listed as a “rising star” in International Arbitration by Legal 500 (20212 and 2023 editions); “one to watch” in International Arbitration by Best Lawyers (2024 edition) and has been featured in Legal Business’s “Next Generation of Arbitration”.
Position
| Principal Associate |
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP
‘s London team ‘comprises ideal litigators for clients seeking to pursue international claims‘. The practice covers both major investor-state arbitrations, as well as complex state-to-state arbitrations. Other notable PIL areas are boundary disputes and business and human rights. UK international arbitration head Jonathan Leach and principal associate Cameron Forsaith are both investor-state arbitration and PIL experts; and at senior associate level, Kate Johnston is a Middle East specialist. Former partners Greg Falkof and Claire Stockford recently departed for Mishcon de Reya LLP and Quadrant Chambers, respectively.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital