Kate is a partner in Akin’s investment funds litigation practice. She is a go-to litigator and counselor, regularly advising investment funds and their portfolio companies on matters of regulatory compliance, fiduciary duty, and corporate governance issues. She has significant experience successfully guiding clients through contentious litigation, including shareholder derivative claims, federal securities actions and mergers & acquisitions litigation.

Kate also represents investment fund clients in a variety of regulatory and criminal investigations involving state and federal government authorities. She has experience conducting internal investigations, engaging with regulators, and counseling clients in a variety of regulatory and corporate governance matters, including those involving U.S. securities laws, trading issues, compliance procedures and fiduciary obligations.

Prior to joining Akin, Kate served as a law clerk to the Honorable Martin Glenn of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. She received her J.D. in 2013 from New York University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Barristers, served as the chair of the Orison S. Marden moot court competition, and received the Norman Ostrow Memorial Moot Court Award. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated summa cum laude and was elected Phi Beta Kappa.