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Gowling WLG
4 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE
LONDON
SE1 2AU
England

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Work Department

Professional & Business Support Services; Dispute Resolution; Fraud & Asset Recovery; Private Client Services; Contentious Trusts & Estates

Position

Partner

Career

Catherine Naylor is a director in the commercial litigation team in London. She helps clients to resolve the full range of domestic and cross-border commercial disputes.

Her work includes advising on high value fraud and asset tracing claims, complex banking litigation and contentious insolvency and trusts matters. In particular, Catherine is currently coordinating litigation in three jurisdictions in respect of a long running matter arising from the Madoff scandal.

Other highlights include defending a multi-million pound High Court claim for breach of duty and negligence for a professional services firm, advising a global financial services client in relation to a sensitive regulatory investigation and acting for Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company (Cayman) Limited and others in a successful appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Cayman Islands.

Catherine brings commerciality to her advice, having spent over four years prior to qualifying as a lawyer working in industry. This experience includes three years with a multi-national manufacturer and distributer, dealing with internal communications, crisis management, mergers and acquisitions and HR/employment issues.

Experience

Acting for professional trustees in the largest recovery action by the joint liquidators of both the Madoff estate and the Kingate Funds, involving the defence of multiple proceedings brought in the US, Bermuda and England.

Acting for a professional services client defending a multi-million pound High Court claim for breach of duty and negligence.

Advising a global financial services client in relation to a sensitive regulatory investigation.

Acting for one of the UK’s leading healthcare recruiters in relation to a breach of restrictive covenant claim.

Acting for a hospitality sector business to achieve the successful resolution of a dispute arising from alleged breaches of a share purchase agreement.

Acting for Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company (Cayman) Limited and others in a successful appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council from the Cayman Islands.

Acting for a software company in the Commercial Court trial of a complex patent and fraud dispute to be tried in the US.

Advising an off-shore firm of lawyers in relation to a substantial professional negligence claim.

Languages

English

Lawyer Rankings

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

With offices across the globe, Gowling WLG specialises in asset recovery and anti-corruption affairs. Its portfolio includes a wide range of domestic and cross boarder cases, and, since opening its Brazil office, the team hassecured work with the high-profile public figure Paulo Maluf (former Mayor of Sao Paulo). Catherine Naylor is distinctly knowledgeable in settling commercial disputes, often with a fraud or trusts aspect. In addition, Andrew Witts is noted for his prowess in international asset tracing and has over 25 years experience in multi-jurisdictional cases, while Jason Freedman is well versed in insolvency litigation and asset recovery investigations.

London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market

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Catherine Naylor – Gowling WLG

Gowling WLG ‘s ‘highly capable, committed and resourceful team‘ has notable sector expertise in a number of key sectors, including automotive, government, food and beverage, energy, and financial services. Senior litigation partner James Sidwell ‘has excellent judgement‘; Catherine Naylor is a specialist in multi-jurisdictional matters; and the varied caseload of Andrew Smith, who is ‘probably the best all-round litigator around‘, covers contract terminations, economic torts, legal professional privilege, misfeasance, and guarantees/indemnities. At non-partner level, Verity Barker is ‘unfailingly thoughtful and completely unflappable‘, while principal associate Tom Cox represents corporate and private clients in commercial disputes. Andrew Litchfield heads up the department from the firm’s Birmingham office.

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

Catherine Naylor heads the offering at Gowling WLG in London. The team also draws on the firm’s other private wealth practitioners in Singapore and Canada, primarily. It focuses on all aspects of trust litigation which often necessitates managing and coordinating complex cross-border disputes. The practice remains busy advising on claims by and against professional trustees and fiduciaries. James Sidwell and Jason Freedman are other names to note.

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Gowling WLG ’s banking litigation expertise extends to regulatory, structure finance, restructuring, and fraud, acting on many high-profile regulatory matters linked to Libor and FX. The team notably acts for JP Morgan on many of its banking disputes. James Sidwell is the head of the practice. He has experience across all aspects of corporate and financial services litigation, including fraud and asset tracing. Further noted practitioners include Catherine Naylor and Sean Adams.

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