Catherine Naylor

I have practiced offshore (in Bermuda and in the BVI) for over 20 years. I have known and worked with Catherine Naylor throughout that time. Whilst 200 words might seem a generous number with which to provide a reference for her, it is difficult to avoid that reference being a long list of complimentary adjectives. I am always delighted to be engaged on a new project with Catherine: she is a team player who makes sure that those working with her are involved and engaged at every level; her leadership is quiet but determined, her style calm and utterly focused. Her command of the detail of a case and of the legal principles involved is masterful, she is confident and tenacious. This is the approach that wins cases, secures good settlements and impresses clients and colleagues. If that weren’t enough, she is utterly charming company as well.

Catherine is an exceptional talent amongst City solicitors, who brings analytical acuity and strategic nous to her cases as well as an ability to forge effective relationships with opponents as well as with clients and members of her legal team. All these skills were to the fore over an extended period, running into several years, in the complex international litigation flowing from the Madoff fraud in which I worked with her, over the whole of which period she demonstrated formidable focus and a sophisticated awareness of the interrelationships between different proceedings in various jurisdictions.