About Kate Prentis
Kate undertakes a range of corporate transactional and advisory work. Her transactional work focuses primarily on sales and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations, including share exchanges, hive ups, capital reductions, share repurchases and demergers.
She also specialises in advising on corporate governance and compliance matters, including reporting requirements, company secretarial matters, shareholders’ agreements and share schemes.
Career
Kate initially qualified at the Bar in 2000 following pupillage at 4 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn. Kate joined Allen & Overy LLP in 2000 in their International Capital Markets Department, where she spent 4 years working on transactions involving a variety of bond instruments listed on the Official List of the UKLA, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and other European exchanges. After leaving Allen & Overy Kate joined the Legal Debt Capital Markets team at Deutsche Bank AG London. Kate first joined the Corporate team at Moorcrofts in 2013.
Education
MA (History 2:1)
Selwyn College, Cambridge University (1997)
Diploma in Law (CPE)
City University (1998)
Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills
Inns of Court School of Law (1999)
Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test (2001)
Personal
When not working, Kate can usually be found standing in a muddy sports field, cheering on one of her sons.