Kathryn Khamsi
Europe Guide 2024
Band 4 : International Arbitration
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About
Provided by Kathryn Khamsi
Practice Areas
Kathryn acts for corporate clients and States in all types of disputes. She is particularly sought after in high value disputes that raise complex issues of fact and law.
Kathryn also sits as arbitrator, and was recently appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, and will serve a six-year term.
Career
Prior to entering private practice, Kathryn was a Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister of East Timor (Timor-Leste), based in East Timor, coordinating East Timor’s negotiations with Australia over maritime boundaries and the drafting of a new regime for petroleum investments. Kathryn has also worked with the International Development Law Organization in Kabul, Afghanistan, and with Columbia Law School and the Carter Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Publications
She has lectured and published extensively on questions of international arbitration and public international law, including most recently on the subject of emissions trading schemes.
Chambers Review
Europe
Kathryn Khamsi acts for major oil companies and sovereign states in arbitration cases in the energy and construction sectors. She moves up the rankings this year thanks to increased activity in the market.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Kathryn is very easy to work with, as she is available, solution-oriented and open to discussing our options. She offers highly sophisticated advice."
"She provides an excellent level of reactivity and a very good mastery of complex subjects."
"Kathryn is very easy to work with, as she is available, solution-oriented and open to discussing our options. She offers highly sophisticated advice."
"She provides an excellent level of reactivity and a very good mastery of complex subjects."