Kathryn Laverty
Legal Director, Belfast
Kathryn graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in June 2012 and commenced her professional training at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies in 2013.
On completion of her professional training in 2015, Kathryn was awarded the Thomasena McKinney Prize and the Belfast Solicitors’ Association Prize for achieving first place in the Solicitors’ Apprenticeship Course.
Kathryn advises clients on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, equity investment, joint ventures and collaborations, corporate reorganisations, shareholder arrangements and corporate governance.
Kathryn’s clients have included local, national and international businesses spanning from start-ups to large multinational companies. Kathryn has a particular interest in the start-up community in Northern Ireland and sits on Carson McDowell’s Technology and Innovation Sector Team.
Kathryn was shortlisted as Insider Young Professional of the Year in 2024, and is ranked as an Associate to Watch by Chambers and Partners, and as a Leading Associate by The Legal 500.
