She has extensive expertise in navigating clients through complex and contentious matters including commercial litigation, arbitration, class actions, Royal Commissions and public inquiries, regulatory investigations and enforcement proceedings. She also advises companies and their boards and executives on a broad range of issues, including directors duties’, D&O insurance, risk, governance and accountability issues.
Catherine advises clients in a broad range of industries but has a particular focus on the financial services, investment funds, life insurance and superannuation industries. She has recently acted for a number of life insurers, trustees and superannuation participants in class actions, commercial disputes, regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. She has advised on and conducted insurance scheme transfers in the Federal Court.
Before joining Gilbert + Tobin, Catherine was a senior lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) for over a decade advising a broad range of federal Ministers and agencies in administrative law litigation, sensitive regulatory disputes, international arbitration and commercial litigation. She was a Solicitor Assisting the Financial Services Royal Commission and has acted for clients in various other Royal Commissions and high-profile public inquiries. While at AGS, Catherine worked on a range of matters for defence and other agencies involving national security information.