Catherine Karlin
Partner
Edinburgh
contact details
- CKarlin@hbj-gw.com
- dt: +44 (0) 131 222 9571
- df: +44 (0) 131 222 9800
- m: +44 (0) 7918 630 284
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Expertise
Catherine heads up the firm's Family Law team in Scotland and is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in both child and family law. Catherine is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland Family Law committee and Family Law Association. As a leading family law specialist in Scotland, Catherine is a regular in media interviews.
Experience
Catherine specialises in high net worth financial cases often with an international dimension.
She has worked on a large number of high value cases with a range of capital values up to £60 million. She is co-editor of Family Law Bulletin, is an accredited specialist in both child law and family law.
Catherine also sits as a director of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals and sits on the Law Society of Scotland's Family Law committee.
Successes
Watt v Watt - longest divorce action in Court of Session.
Catherine was a founder member of the collaborative movement in Scotland and has been actively involved since its inception in 2003, first as chair and now as treasurer.
Interests
Catherine enjoys travelling. She also enjoys music and fashion.
testimonials
“Leading individual”
Chambers UK 2011
“A leading individual, Catherine Karlin is focused and driven.”
Chambers UK 2010
“Catherine Karlin is at the forefront of collaborative work in Scotland.”
Chambers UK 2009
“Catherine Karlin heads the always friendly, helpful and knowledgeable team”
Legal 500 2010
“Cath Karlin was one of a small group of women who brought Collaborative Divorce practice to Scotland in the early 2000's. She and her colleagues brought me to train lawyers in Glasgow and Edinburgh over a period of several years, during which time I came to know Cath as a remarkable lawyer and person. Her intelligence, focus, energy, and determination are matched only by her sense of humor and zest for enjoying all that she does. I am delighted that she's become a member of the board of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (of which I was a co-founder and first president) where she can bring her leadership and vision to an international platform.”
Pauline Tesler, Attorney, Tesler Sandeman & Fishman, California