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Gough Square Chambers Offices
Gough Square Chambers
6-7 GOUGH SQUARE
LONDON
EC4A 3DE
England
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Kate Urell
Position
Barrister specialising in consumer and regulatory law, in particular financial services.
Career
Called 2002; Middle Temple.
Languages
French.
Memberships
Financial Services Lawyers Association; Finance Litigation/Consumer Credit Forum; Food Law Group.
Education
Girton College, Cambridge (2000 LLB Europe Hons French; 2001 LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(Leading Juniors) Ranked: Tier 3Kate Urell –Gough Square Chambers ‘Extremely approachable and really technical over a broad area.’
Gough Square Chambers is a ‘very good set for complex regulatory issues‘ and ‘financial services regulated lending work‘. This includes high-end advisory support, as well as contentious dealings with the financial regulators. Stephen Neville is active on the non-contentious side and advised Aldermore Bank on the £380m MotoNovo Securitisation of car finance hire purchase agreements. On the disputes side Jonathan Kirk QC and Thomas Samuels represented the self-invested pension plan administrator in R (Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration Ltd) v FOS, FCA and Charlton, which went to the Court of Appeal. Fred Philpott and Kate Urell were also involved in CFL Finance Ltd v Bass.
London Bar > Consumer
(Leading Juniors) Ranked: Tier 2Kate Urell –Gough Square Chambers ‘She has enormous skill and tenacity which she combines with great client and corporate care. She works with corporate clients in a fantastically personal way to ensure that the result is obtained.’