Ms Katie Barnes > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Offices

22 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Ms Katie Barnes

Work Department
Executive Compensation and Benefits
Position
Associate
Career
Katie Barnes advises a wide spectrum of clients (from FTSE 100 companies to start-ups) on their equity incentives and remuneration related arrangements. Ms. Barnes’ representations include providing advisory support with respect to the design and operation of a company’s share plans (often on a global basis), as well as supporting clients in remuneration-related corporate governance compliance and on the equity aspects of senior management appointments and departures. Ms. Barnes also advises on corporate transactions from an incentives perspective, including public takeovers, IPOs, private M&A deals and private equity investments.
Memberships
- England & Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP University, 2017 (with Distinction)
- G.D.L., BPP Law School, 2016 (with Distinction)
- B.Sc. Environmental Policy with Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2015 (First Class Honours)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Employee share schemes
The practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP is led by Louise Batty and is well placed to advise its roster of clients on the impact of high-value transactions, including takeovers and acquisitions, on incentives and compensatory schemes. Batty is experienced advising on a broad range of related aspects, from tax to trusts issues. Design, implementation and operation specialist Kate Crompton is a key name to note in the team, while Katie Barnes has experience advising well-known names and FTSE companies on equity incentives and remuneration matters at a global level.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds