Caroline Watson
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Litigation
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About
Provided by Caroline Watson
Practice Areas
Caroline heads up the commercial litigation team in our Oxford office. She works with individuals, owner-managed businesses, PLCs and international organisations to fiercely but pragmatically protect their commercial interests, manage risks and resolve disputes.
Caroline invests time to understand her clients and their individual and organisational objectives. She works as an integral part of their team to fight for the best commercial outcome in all the circumstances.
Caroline specialises in resolving complex commercial disputes, often with a cross border element. Most of her disputes are resolved using alternative dispute resolution methods such as negotiation, adjudication or mediation. However, she also has extensive experience of High Court and arbitration proceedings to call upon when needed.
Caroline is able to advise on the funding and financing options available to clients and help them to navigate the process of securing funding. This can enable good claims to be brought where claimants might not otherwise have the resources to pursue them.
Chambers Review
UK
Caroline Watson is the head of the commercial dispute resolution team in Freeths' Oxford office. She is retained by clients for shareholder and director disputes as well as contractual, fraud and restrictive covenant related litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is a great strategist. I have no hesitation praising Caroline and I have referred clients to her when I've been conflicted. She puts the clients first above all."
"Caroline was the consummate professional. We have no doubt that without Caroline we would not have reached a satisfactory conclusion."
"She fights her client's corner tooth and nail."
"She is a great strategist. I have no hesitation praising Caroline and I have referred clients to her when I've been conflicted. She puts the clients first above all."
"Caroline was the consummate professional. We have no doubt that without Caroline we would not have reached a satisfactory conclusion."
"She fights her client's corner tooth and nail."