Kate Geale

• Acting for the Kuwaiti State Legal Department and two emanations of the Kuwaiti State in a fraud claim worth over USD 100 million brought by the state bodies relating to their investment in a Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership. Having successfully defended strike out attempts in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and the Privy Council, the case proceeded to a 10-week trial in early 2026.
  
  
• Acting for a prominent Middle Eastern bank in related sets of proceedings in the English High Court and elsewhere relating to its recovery of USD 500 million lost as a result of fraud.
  
  
• Acting for an international logistics company in a multiparty claim worth GBP 58 million. The claim was brought against one of the company's former directors and his co-conspirators, in connection with secret commissions made by the defendants at the company's expense.
  
  
• Acting for a major international bank in a dispute with a number of hedge funds. The High Court proceedings (under the Financial List) involved allegations of sophisticated share price manipulation and issues relating to the construction of complex convertible bond derivatives worth in excess of USD 30 million.

• Acting for an automotive parts manufacturer in English High Court proceedings on the enforcement of security over shares in a joint venture company and the valuation of the shares.

• Defending a major UK publisher in a group action pursued by high profile claimants alleging misuse of private information obtained by unlawful means.
  
  
• Acting for an international science and chemicals company in connection with an investigation into suspected bribery of foreign public officials, across multiple jurisdictions. 
  
  
• Acting for a brokerage firm in relation to proceedings before the High Court for alleged dishonest assistance and insolvency-based claims connected to an alleged carousel fraud, amounting to around GBP 30 million.
  
   
• Acting for the claimant in a multibillion-dollar dispute in Bermuda, Hong Kong, and the USA, seeking to set aside purpose trusts established by a family faction.

• Law Society of England & Wales - Member

• Commercial Litigators’ Forum – Associates Committee Member

Kate has assisted on a number of matters for Baker McKenzie's pro bono clients, including the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Save the Children.

Kate also ran the London Marathon, raising over GBP 3,000 for Richard House Children's Hospice, one of the office's nominated charities.