Katrina Banks-Smith

Katrina Banks-Smith is a barrister with her principal area of practice in complex commercial litigation, with particular focus on insolvency.

She was admitted to practice in 1990 and appointed senior counsel in 2013. Ms Banks-Smith became a partner at Parker & Parker (now Herbert Smith Freehills) in 1996, and was the head of Freehills' Perth litigation group from 2007 to 2009.

She was awarded Senior Woman Lawyer of the Year in 2009 by the Women Lawyers of Western Australia.