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Katie Sharkey

Katie Sharkey

Senior Associate

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Katie is a senior associate in the Corporate group. She advises companies on a broad range of corporate matters, primarily within the real estate sector.

Katie has experience advising clients on a variety of corporate transactions, including M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and on other general corporate and commercial matters, and supports clients on both UK-based and international transactions.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Corporate/M&A & capital markets
General corporate
Joint ventures

Sectors

Real estate
Build to rent
Residential property
Student accommodation
Living
Offices

CV

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020-2025 Senior Associate, Goodwin Procter
2018-2020 Associate, Arthur Cox, Dublin
2016-2018 Trainee, Allen & Overy
2019 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland
2018 Admission as a lawyer, England and Wales
2016 Legal practice Course, BPP
2015 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP
2014 Master of Studies, University of Oxford
2012 Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford

Career

Since 2025 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2020-2025 Senior Associate, Goodwin Procter
2018-2020 Associate, Arthur Cox, Dublin
2016-2018 Trainee, Allen & Overy

Education

2019 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland
2018 Admission as a lawyer, England and Wales
2016 Legal practice Course, BPP
2015 Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP
2014 Master of Studies, University of Oxford
2012 Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford

Additional languages

French

Experience

Logistics M&A

Advising a European specialist logistics investor and manager on the purchase of two corporate vehicles holding three logistics warehouses in England for an agreed property value of €89,000,000.

Katie Sharkey

Sale of a fund management platform

Advising clean energy infrastructure fund manager on the sale of its fund management platform to a global investment manager.

Katie Sharkey

Joint venture formation

Advising a global real estate investor on joint ventures with a range of developers targeting a variety of real estate assets, from single family housing to logistics assets.

Katie Sharkey

Joint venture formation

Advising a global real estate investment manager on the formation of a programmatic joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund targeting a total portfolio of USD$1 billion.

Katie Sharkey

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