Katrina Baxter de Almeida

Katrina Baxter de Almeida is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Group in London, focusing on Technology Law. She advises clients across a wide range of industries on complex technology matters, from cloud-based service arrangements to large-scale technology outsourcings.

She has extensive experience drafting and negotiating technology contracts, including SaaS agreements, software licences, data licences and general services agreements. She also advises on major IT projects for both suppliers and customers, with a particular focus on strategic and transformational initiatives in the technology, retail and financial services sectors.

She assists clients in developing practical contracting tools, including bespoke templates and playbooks, and has led on sizeable outsourcing projects. She frequently supports the corporate department on large due diligence exercises, ensuring effective coordination and timely delivery across multidisciplinary teams.

Katrina has completed full-time secondments to two large international banks and provided virtual secondment support to a global software company and the world's largest fast-food chain. She has a particular interest in data and emerging technologies, with a growing focus on the legal, contractual and regulatory considerations surrounding AI. She trained with Bird & Bird in 2017 and qualified in 2019.