Catherine Drew

Catherine Drew

Legal Director

Corporate & Commercial

Catherine is an experienced corporate lawyer who helps business owners achieve their strategic goals through acquisitions, disposals and corporate restructuring.

With extensive City experience and a commercial approach, she guides businesses through their most significant transactions.

Having spent over 15 years as a partner at Charles Russell Speechlys before joining Morr & Co, Catherine brings deep expertise in corporate law and commercial matters.

She focuses particularly on acquisitions and disposals, management buyouts, corporate restructuring and joint ventures. Her practical, client-focused approach helps business owners navigate complex transactions while maintaining clear sight of their commercial objectives.

Experience

Demerger and EOT transaction

Acting for a manufacturing business on a complex demerger and subsequent Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) transaction, successfully restructuring the company to enable employee ownership whilst maintaining operational efficiency

Sale of specialised healthcare company

Advising shareholders on the sale of their specialist healthcare company to a private equity buyer, managing complex regulatory requirements and securing favourable terms for the vendors

Reorganisation of family-owned business

Structuring and implementing a comprehensive reorganisation for a family-owned business, ensuring smooth transition of ownership while maintaining family harmony and business continuity

Share buyback arrangements

Advising a technology sector client on share buyback arrangements, including resolving a complex shareholders’ dispute through a negotiated buyback solution, and implementing an EMI scheme as part of a wider company restructuring

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