Ms Kate Ball-Dodd > Mayer Brown International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown International LLP
201 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3AF
England
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Work Department

Corporate

Position

Kate Ball-Dodd has a wide-ranging corporate practice that encompasses corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions (including public takeovers), equity fund raisings, joint ventures, and corporate governance. She advises a number of quoted companies and financial intermediaries on the UKLA Listing Rules and Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Prospectus Rules, the AIM Rules, the Takeover Code and general company law. Kate speaks regularly at external conferences on corporate governance and takeovers.

Education

Nottingham Trent University 1993; LLB (Hons) The College of Law, Guildford 1994; LPC (with distinction)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap

(Hall of Fame)

Kate Ball-DoddMayer Brown International LLP

Mayer Brown International LLP’s team combines UK and US equity capital markets capabilities in its advice to AIM-listed issuer clients, sponsors, underwriters, and shareholders, allowing it to domestic issuances as well as SEC-registered offerings and international public company mergers. The energy, life sciences, mining, and tech sectors represent particular areas of focus for the team, with additional experience guiding private equity funds through share investments and public company takeovers. Kate Ball-Dodd heads up the team and regularly advises on IPOs, secondary fundraises, and block trades in addition to handling corporate governance work.

London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+

(Leading partners)

Kate Ball-Dodd – Mayer Brown International LLP

Counting FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 companies among its key roster of clients, Mayer Brown International LLP handles the full scope of M&A transactions including asset and share sales and purchases, joint ventures and leveraged buyouts. The team is spearheaded by Kate Ball-Dodd, who is a key port of call for public companies and financial intermediaries seeking assistance on listing and AIM rules, Takeover Code and general company law. Elsewhere in the team, Rebecca Bothamley stands out for expertise across the mining, tech telecoms and insurance sectors, while Richard Page maintains an active practice, advising on high-profile and high-value transactions.