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Katie Duval
Work Department
International Arbitration and Projects, Engineering and Construction
Position
Associate
Career
Katie Duval is an Associate in the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice group based in London. Having trained with the firm, Katie qualified into the International Arbitration and Projects, Engineering, and Construction team in 2016. Katie’s practice focuses on high-value, complex, international commercial disputes in both international arbitration and English Court proceedings.
Katie’s international arbitration experience includes:
- Acting for a subsidiary of a publicly listed multi-national in an ICC arbitration regarding a failed public M&A transaction in South East Asia in the construction materials sector;
- Acting for a South East Asian State in an LCIA Arbitration against a European multinational regarding non-payment under a satellite contract;
- Acting for an African Central Bank in a high-value LCIA arbitration against an African communications company concerning the fraudulent procurement of a technology project; and
- Acting for the minority shareholder in an LCIA Arbitration against a multinational telecommunications company in respect of issues arising out of a telecommunications joint venture in West Africa.
Katie’s litigation experience includes:
- Acting for a Global Fortune 500 Company in high-value cross-border litigation in multiple jurisdictions in connection with guarantees, including successful proceedings before the English Court of Appeal and in proceedings before the Supreme Court;
- Advising a multinational energy company in relation to a substantial criminal investigation into alleged complicity in violations of international humanitarian law;
- Representing the subsidiary of a major offshore drilling contractor in relation to proceedings commenced in the High Court; and
- Advising the employer in respect of a mixed-use residential and retail development in London in relation to issues arising out of the termination of a contractor’s employment for delay, including advising on successful settlement proceedings.
Katie also has an active pro bono practice. Through the firm’s work with the Royal British Legion, Katie has represented service personnel before the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme Tribunal. Katie successfully acted for the respondent war widow before the Court of Appeal in Deakin v Secretary of State for Defence [2019] EWCA Civ 571.
Katie’s other pro bono matters include:
- Representing the family of a deceased in an ongoing inquest into her death in a care home in the UK, which raises issues concerning the shortcomings of the standard of care provided;
- Representing the Claimants in proceedings commenced against the Attorney General of St Vincent and the Grenadines in respect of infringements of their constitutional rights arising out of domestic laws criminalizing same-sex sexual intimacy;
- Acting for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition in reviewing documents produced by the U.S. Government to determine the UK’s involvement in extraordinary rendition and the use of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques by U.S. authorities;
- Assisting adopted children to give written evidence to Ireland’s Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes; and
- Successfully representing a “care leaver” in bringing a complaint against a local authority for breaches of its statutory duties under the Children Act 1989 for failure to timeously settle her immigration status.
In 2017, Katie was awarded the firm’s citizenship award for providing training to Balkans’ lawyers in how to bring actions under international law against gender-based violence. In 2018, Legal 500 UK described Katie as, “an extremely hardworking, focused and able solicitor.”
Languages
English, German
Memberships
Law Society of England and Wales
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
Education
St Hugh’s College, Oxford, BA
King’s College London, MA
BPP Law School, London, GDL and LPC
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders