Karen is a corporate and banking lawyer currently based in London with over 17 years offshore experience. She practised English law (as a corporate and commercial solicitor) in the UK initially before moving to the BVI and working for a international firm there for five years. She subsequently moved back to the UK to help set up the London office of a BVI firm where she worked for the following 12 years.
Karen advises on a broad range of international corporate and finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset financings with a particular focus on real estate and aircraft (and some yachts and artworks), listings on various global exchanges, voluntary liquidations (including de-envelopings) and corporate reorganisations. Many of the transactions with which Karen deals have a cross border element involving lawyers and professionals from several jurisdictions.
Karen is typically instructed by law firms, lenders, family offices and trust companies to act for a range of clients. She acts for both lenders and borrowers, with lender clients encompassing institutions and non-bank lenders. Other clients include high net-worth individuals and international corporates.
She has been ranked in Chambers (currently in band 2) for the last 7 years and in Legal 500 for several years.