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Experience

Kate has practised international arbitration since 2001. She has served as a party-nominated tribunal member and as a member of three-person tribunals. Prior to becoming an independent arbitrator, Kate acted as counsel in both institutional and ad-hoc proceedings, subject to many different systems of law and under various arbitral rules (including the LCIA, ICC, ICSID, and UNCITRAL).


Kate's broad experience covers a range of sectors, including energy and natural resources (oil and gas, solar, mining, power generation), technology and telecommunications, infrastructure and construction, life sciences, and hospitality. She has handled disputes arising from many types of contracts, including joint venture agreements, sale purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, franchise agreements, oil pipeline and mining concessions, oil exploration agreements, software licensing agreements and sale of goods.

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Kate has lived in Madrid and Buenos Aires and is a fluent Spanish speaker. She has advised on numerous cases relating to Spain and Latin America.

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Appointments as arbitrator:

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  • Member of a three-person panel in LCIA proceedings between two oil and gas companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands, in relation to a dispute arising under a share purchase agreement (English law, London seat)

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  • Party-appointed arbitrator in LCIA proceedings between subsidiaries of two major energy companies, in relation to a dispute arising under a sale and purchase agreement (English law, London seat)

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  • Member of a three-person tribunal in LCIA proceedings between a provider of capital market surveillance systems and a Brazilian professional services firm in relation to a claim under a marketing and distribution agreement (English law, London seat)

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  • Party-appointed arbitrator in LCIA proceedings between a BVI financial services company and a German individual, in relation to a claim pursuant to a guarantee agreement (English law, London seat)

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Representative examples of Kate’s cases as counsel include:

    • Represented a Maltese solar energy company in an English law dispute with a Spanish purchaser of solar energy panel wafers.

     

    • Represented a Korean ship builder in two related arbitrations against three Nigerian companies concerning an English law dispute arising from a $300m project in Nigeria for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a greenfield floating production storage and offloading vessel.

     

    • Represented a Nigerian company in an English law dispute with two Nigerian companies for works done under a letter of intent in anticipation of the entry into an EPC contract.

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    • Represented a Spanish solar energy business in an English law dispute with a Spanish manufacturer of solar energy panels.

     

    • Represented a global fast food business in relation to a claim brought under English law against a franchisee in the Middle East.

    • Represented a Saudi Arabian-owned oil and gas group in two related arbitrations against a major state-owned oil company and a Central Asian state, for the wrongful abandonment of a joint venture and termination of an English law governed Production Sharing Agreement for the exploration and development of a gas field in Central Asia.

     

    • Represented a South-East European Government in its defence of a claim under Turkish law arising from a multi-billion Euro project to design and construct more than 70 kilometres of commuter railway, including a new tunnel and all associated infrastructure.

     

    • Represented a global oil company in a dispute with a Middle Eastern petrochemical company subject to Austrian law, in relation to an oil pipeline project in a war-torn state.

     

    • Represented a Cayman Islands telecommunications company in an English law dispute with telecommunications operators in the Cayman Islands.

    • Represented an African state in a dispute governed by English and Zambian law with two US entities arising from an improperly procured infrastructure project.

     

    • Represented a major US technology company in a dispute governed by English and US law with a US mobile software company arising from the unlicensed use of its intellectual property.

     

    • Represented shareholders in a Bulgarian bank in relation to a dispute arising under a shareholders' agreement governed by English law and concerning the exercise of a put option.

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    • Represented a major UK telecommunications group in a multi-party arbitration arising from a shareholders' agreement governed by Spanish law.

    • Represented an Azerbaijani investor in the Georgian telecommunications sector in relation to claims under the Georgia-Azerbaijan bilateral investment treaty for unfair and inequitable treatment, discrimination and expropriation arising from adverse regulatory measures (Nasib Hasanov v Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/44)).

     

    • Represented the Republic of Kenya in the defence of proceedings brought by an investor in the mining sector. (Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (Pty) Limited and Stirling Capital Limited v. Republic of Kenya (ICSID Case No. ARB/15/29)).

     

    • Represented the Government of Georgia in claims brought under two bilateral investment treaties and under the Energy Charter Treaty relating to alleged investments in the construction of oil and gas pipeline infrastructure and the development of oil and gas facilities (Ioannis Kardassopoulos v Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/05/18); Ron Fuchs v Georgia (ICSID Case No. ARB/07/15)).

     

    • Represented a UK technology company in relation to a dispute under a bilateral investment treaty with a Latin American state arising from the adverse treatment of investments in election technology.

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