Kate Brown de Vejar
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 5 : International Arbitration
Band 5
About
Provided by Kate Brown de Vejar
Practice Areas
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; International Arbitration
Career
Kate Brown de Vejar focuses her practice on international commercial and investment arbitration. She has represented private corporations, sovereign states, and state-owned entities in connection with international arbitrations under the leading institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, the LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.
Widely recognized for her experience handling complex, high-profile disputes in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, including disputes in the mining industry, and arising in connection with industrial facilities, such as steel mills, cement and methanol plants. In November 2023 Kate was chosen as the next Senior Vice Chair of the International Bar Association's Arbitration Committee, a position which will see her take the helm of the committee in 2026. She is a Member of the LCIA Court and in 2023 she was appointed President of the LCIA's Latin American Users' Forum. In April 2024, she was appointed to the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
Professional Memberships
Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Court and President of the LCIA’s Latin American Users' Forum
Senior Vice Chair of the IBA’s Arbitration Committee
Co-Chair of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) ’s Working Group on Arbitrator Liability
President of ANZMEX (the Australia, New Zealand, Mexico Business Council)
Co-Chair of the Remote Online Advocacy Program (ROAP) for North America
Law 360 Editor for International Arbitration (appointed in 2022)
Publications
"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2023" July, 2023
"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2022" August, 2022
Education
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Australian Federation of University Women Fellowship 2004–2005, International Finance
2004 - 2005
LL.B., University of Queensland, first class honors
University Medal for Law
B.A., University of Queensland, French
Chambers Review
Latin America
Kate Brown de Vejar is based in Mexico City and comes recommended for her prowess in commercial and investor-state arbitration proceedings across the Latin American region, particularly in Mexico and Peru.
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by Kate Brown de Vejar
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kate Brown de Vejar is a phenomenal dispute resolution lawyer who knows the arbitration field like the back of her hand. She's a great writer as well as a great orator who does an impeccable job."
"Kate Brown de Vejar is a phenomenal dispute resolution lawyer who knows the arbitration field like the back of her hand. She's a great writer as well as a great orator who does an impeccable job."