Ms Kate Ball-Dodd > Mayer Brown International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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201 BISHOPSGATE
LONDON
EC2M 3AF
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Ms Kate Ball-Dodd
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)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)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Equity capital markets – small-mid cap London > Corporate and commercial
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Environment
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Dispute resolution > Public international law