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Dentons
LEVEL 18, BOULEVARD PLAZA 2
BURJ KHALIFA DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 1756
United Arab Emirates
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Catherine Beckett

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Work Department

Corporate, Employment and Labor, Equity Capital Markets Health Care Infrastructure Joint Ventures

Position

Catherine is a senior legal consultant in the UAE Corporate & Commercial team. She has experience in general corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, takeovers and corporate finance. Catherine has previously been recognised by Chambers Global, noting that she is an “excellent lawyer – she approaches things in a practical and commercial fashion and understands where [clients] are coming from”.

Career

2013 – present: Corporate Partner at Dentons
2009 – 2013: Associate / Senior Associate at Dentons
2006 – 2009: Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna

Languages

English, French, German

Memberships

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2006

Education

Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, 2003, LPC
University of Birmingham, 2002, LLB, FR Law with French

Lawyer Rankings

United Arab Emirates > Employment

Dentons’ broad caseload encompasses a range of non-contentious employment work, as well as handling complex investigations. Shiraz Sethi oversees the practice and is versed in employee restrictive covenants and transfers, while Christopher Brennan handles employment-related investigations. Catherine Beckett drafts employee handbooks among other matters, Ali Al Assaad is proficient in contract claims, and David Slim is skilled at cross-border regulatory proceedings. Anna Terrizzi is noted for her strength in employee terminations and redundancies.

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