Kathleen Garrett
UK Guide 2025
Band 6 : Restructuring/Insolvency
Band 6
About
Provided by Kathleen Garrett
Practice Areas
Kathleen advises clients on domestic and cross-border R&I, corporate and finance transactions in the UK, U.S. and European markets across industries including transportation, energy, finance and technology.
Kathleen is an English- and Irish-qualified lawyer with over 25 years of deep experience in restructuring and insolvency, finance and corporate transactions. Her restructuring and insolvency practice, coupled with her deep knowledge of transactional finance, allows her to provide holistic advice. She has significant experience in special situations, distressed debt, workouts and cross-border restructuring and insolvency.
Her finance practice is centered on advising financial institutions, private equity, funds and alternative lenders and liquidity providers on finance matters, and she also has a track record advising on M&A, corporate, tech, real estate and disputes.
On corporate matters, Kathleen has worked with everything from tech start-ups to helping established multinationals scale, grow, fund and globalise their businesses.
Personal
https://www.reedsmith.com/en/professionals/g/garrett-kathleen
Chambers Review
UK
Kathleen Garrett of Reed Smith is a restructuring expert who advises a client base that includes lenders and investors on cross-border matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She has transatlantic expertise and understands both European and US systems."
"Kathleen is a trusted adviser and extremely knowledgeable in restructuring and insolvency matters."
"She has transatlantic expertise and understands both European and US systems."
"Kathleen is a trusted adviser and extremely knowledgeable in restructuring and insolvency matters."