Catherine Overton
Partner
London
Catherine Overton is a Partner in Walkers' London office where she is a member of the firm's Global Banking & Finance Group and practises British Virgin Islands law, Cayman Islands law and Bermuda law.
Ranked as a “Next Generation Partner” by Legal 500 (2025), clients say she “Knows her stuff, user-friendly, hard-working and switched on.”
Catherine advises on general banking, acquisition and leveraged finance, private credit, fund finance, structured finance and debt capital markets matters, and has significant experience of advising on complex cross-border restructurings. Her team also handles listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Her client base spans leading global financial institutions, borrowers, issuers and private clients.
Catherine advises on general banking, acquisition and leveraged finance, private credit, fund finance, structured finance and debt capital markets matters, and has significant experience of advising on complex cross-border restructurings. Her team also handles listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Her client base spans leading global financial institutions, borrowers, issuers and private clients.
Knows her stuff, user-friendly, hard-working and switched on. Always a pleasure to work with.
Experience and recent work
Catherine trained and qualified at Clifford Chance in London, where she worked from 2005 to 2012, and where she was promoted to senior associate in the securitisation and capital markets practice. She spent over 10 years working onshore in private practice in the structured finance space before moving offshore.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- British Virgin Islands
- Bermuda (Registered Associate)
- England and Wales (not practising)
Education:
- BA (Hons), Oxford University
- MA (Oxon)
- Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP (London)
- Legal Practice Course, BPP (London)
2025 Legal 500 – Next Generation Partner - Offshore firms in London
2024 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Offshore firms in London
2023 Legal 500 – Next Generation Partner - Offshore firms in London
2022 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Next Generation Partner - "Knows her stuff, user-friendly, hard-working and switched on. Always a pleasure to work with."
2021 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Rising Star - "A very user-friendly and responsive team that is keen to help. Catherine Overton is great to work with."
2020 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Rising Star
2019 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Rising Star
2018 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer
2017 Legal 500 – (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer
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