Prior to joining Walkers, Catherine worked as an associate in the corporate team of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London where she advised private and publicly listed companies, financial institutions and administrators on a variety of corporate and capital markets transactions including acquisitions, disposals, IPOs, rights issues, placings and demergers. Catherine also spent six months on secondment to the M&A Legal team of the Group Corporate division of Barclays Bank PLC.