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Catriona Garcia-Alis
Senior Associate

Catriona Garcia-Alis

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Catriona is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Edinburgh. She has over 20 years’ experience of advising clients across a range of sectors on complex commercial disputes, including in relation to product liability, cyber and data breach claims, and class actions. Her work with global life sciences companies, financial institutions, universities and insurers means she has strong awareness of the various commercial and reputational drivers that often shape litigation strategy, including in relation to multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Catriona is also a key member of CMS’ Scottish Corporate Investigations Group, advising clients on sensitive internal and externally instructed investigations and providing training to in-house investigation teams. Her experience includes a secondment with the Speak Up team at a major financial institution, where she led several internal investigations. She is a member of the Association of Corporate Investigators, a Certified Corporate Investigator and has completed specialist ORBIT training on witness interview techniques.

Relevant experience

  • A Russell Group university with two complex research misconduct investigations involving current and former staff and students in the UK and overseas.
  • An international food and drink company in a jurisdictional dispute arising from a group personal injury claim.
  • A global and European medical device manufacturers on Scottish product liability claims, including class action risk.
  • A global healthcare company on a product liability claim relating to software used in a health monitoring product.
  • Organisations facing cyber and data breach claims, including claims for distress and personal injury damages.
  • A major Scottish university on an Equality Act claim brought by a medical student.

Education

  • 2026 - Certified Corporate Investigator, the Association of Corporate Investigators.
  • 1999 – DipLP, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
  • 1998 – LLB (Euro) Hons, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Insights by Catriona

Scottish Corporate Investigations Group

Scottish Corporate Investigations Group

25 Jun 2026 2 min read
Recommerce Reads - product liability and the circular economy

Recommerce Reads - product liability and the circular economy

12 Sep 2024 12 min read
Scottish QOCS case law for 2023 – the lessons learned so far

Scottish QOCS case law for 2023 – the lessons learned so far

20 Dec 2023 8 min read
Technology Transformation - Life Sciences & Healthcare

Technology Transformation - Life Sciences & Healthcare

22 May 2023 2 min read
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