Corporate and Transactional/ Finance and Securities / Financial Services

Combining extensive international experience in banking, finance, and capital markets with an in-depth knowledge of the Qatari legal market, Catherine Martinez is proficient at handling complex matters and providing clients with unique solutions. Catherine is a New York qualified lawyer who focuses on representing private and public issuers on cross-border Rule 144A and Regulation S equity and debt capital markets’ transactions. Catherine also has particular experience advising private and governmental entities, corporate sponsors, and financial institutions on secured and unsecured loans and other forms of finance lending. Additionally, she routinely acts for international corporations that have a presence in the Middle East, Turkey, and Europe. Catherine is a counsel in the firm’s Doha office, having previously worked in London as a senior associate in the U.S. capital markets team at a leading Magic Circle law firm. In 2018, Catherine relocated to Doha and worked at Commercial Bank as a transactional lawyer within the bank’s in-house corporate legal team. At Commercial Bank, Catherine primarily managed cross-border transactions and advised on general corporate matters and issues of corporate governance.

New York Bar

Counsel

University of Notre Dame, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, political science and chinese, 2009 Duke University School of Law, J.D./L.L.M., 2012