Catherine Hammerson-Jones
Partner, Dispute Resolution
Catherine Hammerson-Jones is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Rosenblatt.
Catherine is a highly regarded commercial litigator with a leading practice in fraud and banking litigation. Catherine acts for a diverse range of clients in high value, complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation, ranging from financial services disputes incorporating Quincecare claims, fraud and asset recovery to contractual and company disputes, negligence claims and insolvency-related litigation.
Catherine advises corporations, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions and high net worth individuals on matters involving investment fraud and complex investigations, company law, regulatory matters, breaches of directors’/trustees’ duties and general financial and banking disputes.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Catherine spent over a decade working as a banker, specialising in M&A, Leverage Finance, Restructurings and Investment Funds. The technical and cross-industry expertise places Catherine in a unique position to add value when advising clients on complex litigation, involving intricate financial instruments, investment fraud and multi-layered corporate structures.
Recent experience:
- Acting for Joint Administrators in a multi-million investment fraud and a Quincecare claim backed by a leading litigation funder against an international bank;
- Acted for the BVI Liquidators in an investment fraud and misrepresentation claim against multiple defendants in the High Court;
- Acted for Joint Liquidators in a cross-border tax fraud claim and a Quincecare claim against a National bank;
- Acted for Joint Administrators in a complex trust fraud claim, incorporating multiple entities and an international funds tracing investigation against a global bank;
- Acted for an international corporate client in defending multiple claims against the company directors and shareholders;
- Acted for Joint Administrators in a high profile multi-million Proprietary and Freezing Injunction and professional negligence claims;
- Acted for a UK energy company in a multi-million claim in LCIA concerning a breach of contract and a trust dispute in the Middle East;
- Advised a private equity firm in a negligence claim and secured a successful settlement
*Please note this experience relates to work done by Catherine before she joined Rosenblatt.
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