Katrina Swift
Katrina is an experienced real estate fund and transactional lawyer who has delivered a number of strategic multi-jurisdictional real estate transactions and has also worked extensively on real asset fund creation, reshaping and management.
Katrina has recently rejoined Herbert Smith Freehills after working at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) for 11 years. Whilst at QIC. Katrina led multi-jurisdictional teams in the roles General Counsel - Product and General Counsel - Real Estate.
Background
Katrina holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons Class 1) from the University of Queensland. She was admitted in New South Wales in 2003, Queensland in 2004 and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in England & Wales in 2006. Katrina has practiced in both Queensland and London.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- the establishment and seeding of a global private asset fund in 2023 which utilises a Luxembourg ScSp structure
- the establishment of a Delaware domiciled private assets fund in 2016 with an Australian trust feeder. This project was multi-layered and encompassed each of fund establishment, the acquisition of a significant portfolio of US real assets (approx USD3 billion) and the establishment of a fund and asset management capability
- in addition to fund creation, Katrina’s role also encompassed significant fund advisory work including providing a pro-active and investor centric lens to advising on a number of key transformational fund management initiatives to modernise governance and partner with clients to look for novel approaches to address liquidity
- Katrina also worked on a number of significant client mandates at QIC including, in 2023, a 300 million Euro private equity mandate with a large European pension fund to provide exposure to European private equity investments over a 3 year period
- Katrina also played a significant role in coordinating and providing legal advice across all of QIC’s significant portfolio of real estate assets (approx 40 real estate assets) including during the disruptive period of 2020 which encompassed mall closures and significant operational challenges
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