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Katerina Calvert
Special Counsel
Katerina Calvert
Special CounselAbout Katerina
Katerina is a government commercial lawyer who specialises in providing probity services to the Commonwealth and other clients.
Katerina is also an experienced litigator, having worked with major Australian insurance companies on complex, major and fraud claims for many years.
What she does
Katerina advises on defensible and accountable processes to help ensure projects are properly documented and performed, and comply with legal and policy obligations that apply to procurement and grant funding.
Who she works with
Katerina works primarily for Commonwealth departments and agencies.
Work done recently
Qualifications
Katerina holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (with First Class Honours) and a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the Australian National University. She also completed her Masters in law and jurisprudence in the Czech Republic before she moved to Australia.
Life outside of Sparkes
When she’s not in the office, Katerina volunteers at the ACT Law Society's Legal Advice Bureau.
She enjoys spending her down time travelling the world with her family, taking beautiful photographs and sampling local cuisines. She is a keen baker and loves to escape reality with a good book.
She enjoys spending her down time travelling the world with her family, taking beautiful photographs and sampling local cuisines. She is a keen baker and loves to escape reality with a good book.