Managing partner of Jersey law firm returns to practise at chambers
Kathryn Purkis is returning to Serle Court to practise at the Bar full-time, following a 9-year period at Jersey law firm Collas Crill, where she was a litigation advocate and managing partner from 2009 to 2012.
Kathryn was a member of Serle Court until 2005, and had a general commercial chancery practice with an emphasis on property litigation, fraud and asset-tracing work. She went on to qualify as an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2008 and became a highly regarded member of the Jersey Bar.
While offshore, Kathryn undertook a wide range of litigation, ranging from contentious trusts and foundations cases, multi-jurisdictional asset-tracing and enforcement claims through to regulatory matters and planning work. She hopes now to build a similarly broad-based practice in Lincoln’s Inn.
Kathryn says: “I am very much looking forward to re-joining Serle Court, one of the pre-eminent chancery sets. I do feel that my experience as a partner in and managing a law firm will be invaluable to my work at the Bar, and will shape how I go about providing my own services to clients.”
Chief executive of Serle Court, John Petrie, adds: “Kathryn was a very valued member of Serle Court, and is welcomed back with open arms. Her experience undertaking high-profile work in a different jurisdiction whilst being the managing partner of a firm and seeing it through a merger shows not only Kathryn’s impressive work ethic but her highly-attuned business skills too.”
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