Charles Fussell & Co LLP

Senior Associate

Following her qualification as a Solicitor in September 2017, Catherine worked for five years at Charles Fussell & Co LLP in the role of Associate Solicitor. Catherine then spent two years at Winckworth Sherwood LLP from September 2022 as a Senior Associate before returning to Charles Fussell & Co LLP in September 2024.

Catherine undertook her training contract at Lester Aldridge LLP where she focussed on dispute resolution, insolvency and finance litigation, and prior to her transition to law, Catherine worked for McKinsey & Company.

Catherine has worked on a wide variety of claims in the County Courts and High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal in the areas of finance, technology and commercial law.

Catherine has experience of advising a mixture of high-net-worth individuals, businesses, and corporations (including SMEs and international organisations.) She has worked across a broad range of areas of litigation, including fraud claims and shareholder disputes as well as contract disputes in the media, finance, education, leisure, mining and technology fields.

Catherine is experienced in advising clients on professional negligence disputes and has litigated in claims of anti-competitive behaviour, defamation, fraud, contract disputes and intellectual property infringement. Catherine regularly works with lawyers in other jurisdictions and has been involved in cases with cross-jurisdictional elements involving the Cayman Islands, USA, Isle of Man, Brazil, UAE and the DRC amongst others. She also has experience of international arbitration.

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MA Cantab -   New Hall, University of Cambridge 2005-2008

Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School 2012-2014

Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School 2013-2014