Kate Higgins > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Kate Higgins

020 3321 7433 kate.higgins@mishcon.com

Work Department

Corporate Department, but working on knowledge initiatives cross Departmentally

Position

Kate is Head Professional Support Lawyer leading a team of lawyers focussed on non-contentious work, spanning the Corporate, Innovation, Real Estate and Private Departments. She is a legal director, lawyer and skilled knowledge manager with over 25 years’ experience of advising on Corporate law and practice.

The team drives delivery of client focussed, modern and tech enabled knowledge solutions to the Firm’s lawyers and clients. The role encompasses legal education (through our Academy); legal services innovation; resource creation and management; thought leadership; and project and people management.

An expert in Corporate Governance, Kate also leads Corporate Governance initiatives for Mishcon, working alongside the Firm’s Purpose and Regulatory practices to help clients meet the triple challenges of increasing regulation, risk and the need to demonstrate best practice in sustainability. She is a keen advocate for Purposeful business and the B Corporation movement in the UK.
Kate is also a published author on Corporate Governance (the Jordan Publishing Company Administration and Governance set, available through Lexis Library); and a member of the Corporate Governance committee for the Quoted Companies Alliance, which represents small and mid-cap quoted companies.
Kate has also been a judge for MDR LAB, Mishcon de Reya’s programme for tech start-ups in the legal space.

Career

Trained SJ Berwin; qualified 1994; solicitor, Clifford Chance; professional support lawyer, Allen & Overy; head of corporate know-how, Olswang; legal director, Mishcon de Reya 2011.

Languages

French

Memberships

Law Society
Quoted Companies Alliance, including the Corporate Governance committee

Education

University of Birmingham (1991 LLB Law with French);
Birmingham City University (1992 Law Society Finals).