Kate Connolly > Shoosmiths LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile

Shoosmiths LLP
100 AVEBURY BOULEVARD
MILTON KEYNES
MK9 1FH
England

Work Department

Dispute resolution and litigation

Position

 

Kate is a Principal Associate in the Commercial Litigation team. She advises both national and international commercial clients on a wide variety of commercial disputes, including contractual disputes and termination, enforcement of restrictive covenants and complex debt recovery.

Kate is well versed in forms of alternative dispute resolution including mediation. One of her more recent highlights was being a part of the team representing an international telecommunications company in arbitration proceedings in Dubai, in relation to a multi-million dollar claim against an equipment supplier.

Kate also has experience working on a variety of contentious insolvency matters and has been instructed on various cases involving antecedent transactions, misfeasance and wrongful trading claims, and claims in respect of outstanding directors’ loan accounts. In 2018, she successfully completed the Insolvency Practitioners Association’s CPI exam and obtained The Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency.

Career

Kate has recently been identified as a ‘Rising Star’ in her field of Commercial Litigation by Legal 500.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

The ‘fantastically hardworking‘ team at Shoosmiths LLP assist clients in the manufacturing and education sectors with claims arising from the termination of supply contracts, and damages litigation. Alex Bishop leads the national practice, while Stuart Montgomery heads up the Milton Keynes group; using ‘enviable commercial sense and rock-solid knowledge‘, Montgomery advises on shareholder and partnership disputes. Leveraging her ‘sharp legal mind‘, principal associate Kate Connolly handles disputes concerning breach of restrictive covenants and termination claims, while the ‘friendly, hardworking, and cleverGabs Rodriguez-Cleary assists IT and telecoms clients with ADR processes.