Profile
Caterina is a commercial litigator with over 10 years’ experience in commercial litigation across various state and federal courts and tribunals, including alternative dispute resolution methods such as arbitrations.
She has acted in a number of high value, complex, multi-party disputes for the firm’s major clients. These clients range from ASX listed corporations to smaller corporations, non-corporate entities and high net-worth individuals. Caterina acts in small, medium and large complex matters, some of which have extra-territorial issues.
Caterina’s experience includes:
- contractual disputes, including advising on contractual obligations and possible actions against contracting parties;
- corporate disputes arising from the corporations legislation framework, including claims concerning directors’ duties, shareholder oppression, misleading and deceptive conduct and unconscionable conduct; and
- and equitable claims, such as breaches of fiduciary duties and claims in restitution.
Her experience has been predominantly in the energy and resources sector and financial services sector and some notable matters include:
- acting for minority shareholders to intervene in proceedings brought by the company concerning a federal minister’s decision not to renew a statutory lease;
- acting for a contractor concerning the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas fired power station in a dispute with the owner;
- concurrent arbitration proceedings for an energy and resources sector client arising out of two engineering, procurement and construction contracts for the upgrade of two power stations where costs and liquidated damages were in the vicinity of $29 million; and
- arbitration proceedings for a financial services client arising out of termination of a complex set of contractual arrangements.
Caterina is known for her efficient management of complex disputes and her analytical, considered and committed approach to matters on which she works.
Expertise
Recognition
Accolades
- The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Australia – Recommended for Dispute Resolution: Litigation – since 2024 edition