Cath is a corporate lawyer who specialises in public and private M&A (including distressed transactions), joint venture and shareholder arrangements, and corporate and commercial law generally. She has experience advising clients across a wide range of industries, including real estate, infrastructure, retail, energy, IT and finance. She also has experience advising central and local government entities on corporate and commercial matters, and specific expertise in advising on cross-border transactions.
Prior to returning to the firm in May 2020, Cath was a partner at another large New Zealand law firm. She returned to New Zealand in 2018, having worked in London for a long period, at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and latterly as a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.
Cath Shirley-Brown
Partner
Wellington
Corporate Advisory
Insights
Cath co-authored the New Zealand Chapter in the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide 2023 - Private Equity. Cath also co-authored the New Zealand chapter in the ICLG - Mergers & Acquisitions 2024. She also contributes a number of articles to Thompson Reuters Practical Law - New Zealand on corporate matters and is a member of Global Women, a collective of ambassadors for Global Women with the goal of driving diversity in leadership in Aotearoa New Zealand.