Kate Cordery > Stephenson Harwood > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Stephenson Harwood Offices
1 FINSBURY CIRCUS
LONDON
EC2M 7SH
England
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Kate Cordery
Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Her practice has a particular focus on professional liability claims involving accountants, auditors and tax advisors. She is regularly instructed by two of the Big Four in relation to civil and regulatory matters and has a clear understanding of their practice and market, having previously been seconded to a Big Four Risk Management team. Since 2020, Kate has been recognised in Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner for Professional Negligence.
In her general commercial litigation practice, her work includes the Tchenguiz litigation – regarded as one of the most complex and high-profile disputes before the English courts in recent times – and acting in the leading case on the arguability of LIBOR manipulation against banks. She has acted in claims involving complex financial instruments and has experience of interlocutory and post judgment applications.
As well as High Court litigation, Kate has experience of international and domestic arbitration as well as other forms of negotiated dispute resolution, including mediation.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
(Next Generation Partners)Stephenson Harwood has an ‘excellent team which is fully committed to obtaining the best outcomes for their clients.’ The firm takes both claimant and defendant work and boasts a strong client roster, including KPMG, Deloitte, and BDO. Kate Cordery, ‘just the person you want to have by your side’, heads the practice alongside Roland Foord, who has deep experience in the professional services and fine art sectors. Helena Berman ‘combines technical expertise with dedication and supreme commercial judgement’ and has over twenty-five years of experience in both the claimant and defendant side of professional negligence. Adam Culy is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Insurance > Professional negligence
- Professional negligence London > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Transport > Rail
Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers