Professional Bio:

Kate is a director in Grant Thorton's Corporate Recovery and Insolvency department and acts as the lead manager on a number of high profile, complex restructuring assignments. Kate’s industry experience includes Financial Services, Insurance, Mining Services, Construction and Agriculture and spans a wide range of insolvency appointments, with a focus on examinerships and cross border restructurings.

Kate has recently managed a number of international restructuring assignments, including;

•The liquidation and subsequent schemes of arrangement of two Irish special purpose vehicles in the restructuring of €1bn debt held by subsidiaries of Indonesia headquartered Asia Pulp and Paper Group. The schemes were recognised under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy code.

•The examinership of oilfield services group Weatherford International plc, which facilitated a scheme of arrangement between the company and its international creditors pursuant to Part 10 of the Irish Companies Act . The examinership was run in parallel with U.S. Chapter 11 proceedings and a provisional liquidation in Bermuda.

In conjunction with her work on international assignments, Kate also manages;

•The Administration of Ireland’s former largest insurance company, Quinn Insurance, reporting to the Central Bank of Ireland and Department of Finance on a regular basis

•The work out of a NAMA "Top 10" Borrower with total debts in excess of €1.3 billion across a variety of jurisdictions

•A portfolio of complex international liquidations, including the Treasury Holdings and Spencer Dock Groups.