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Ms Kate Corby

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Kate Corby is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team in London. Kate has over two decades’ experience of representing clients in complex litigation and arbitration, with a focus on arbitration of construction, engineering and infrastructure related disputes. She has handled arbitrations under the rules of all of the major arbitral institutions and ad hoc, seated in London and around the world and under a wide range of governing laws. Kate also has significant experience in advising on product liability, safety and regulatory compliance. Kate co-leads the firm’s Industrials, Manufacturing and Transportation Industry Group in EMEA.

Kate is also well-known for her inclusion, diversity & equity work, particularly for organising the London chapter of #Arbitration Lunch Match, sitting on the Global Executive Committee of the Equal Representation of Experts Pledge, and she is co-chair of the London office’s BakerWomen Affinity Group.

Kate is ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK in both her practice areas in which she is described as “hugely impressive, extremely bright and on-the-ball, and has a deep understanding of the client’s needs and what really matters on the case.

Kate acts for employers, main contractors, sub-contractors and joint venture partners from across the world in disputes concerning issues such as project delays, cost overruns and defective work, most of which involve arbitration. She has been involved in disputes arising out of projects from Kazakhstan in the East to Panama in the West, but in recent years has had a particular focus on projects in the Middle East. Kate is also active in advising clients on project and contract management and dispute avoidance.

In addition, Kate has particular experience in advising on and coordinating large multijurisdictional product recalls as well as providing product liability, safety and regulatory compliance advice across a wide variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, electronics and consumer goods. She is recognised as an expert in this field at governmental level, having been invited by the UK government to be part of a steering group making recommendations about consumer product recall processes and took a leading role in preparation of the BSI Code of Practice.

Languages

English, German

Memberships

  • Society for Construction Law – Member
  • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Member
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – Member
  • Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors – Honorary Solicitor and Affiliate Member

Education

  • Nottingham University (2001)
  • University of Exeter (2000)
  • University of the Saarland, Germany (2000)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Real estate > Construction: contentious

(Leading partners)

Kate Corby – Baker McKenzie

The contentious construction team at Baker McKenzie is situated within the firm’s wider dispute resolution law practice, boasting an ‘extremely knowledgeable, experienced and professional’ bench. Chair of the dispute resolution practice Steve Abraham leads the team, with accredited experience in energy and infrastructure-related matters. Accredited construction specialist Kate Corby leads on major international disputes in the mining, manufacturing, and transportation industries, while Richard Molesworth assists with advising subcontractors in ICC arbitrations. Neil Donoghue retired in June 2023.

London > Insurance > Product liability: defendant

(Leading partners)

Kate Corby – Baker McKenzie

With a large network of offices around the UK, Baker McKenzie LLP offers a full service for clients seeking assistance at any stage of a product liability claim’s life cycle. The team is well known for its advice on product compliance and risk management, and often handles multi-jurisdictional product recalls, particularly for clients from the manufacturing and retail industries. Practice head Kate Corby is an experienced litigator and is described as ‘an excellent strategist with rigorous commercial sense’. Rachel MacLeod and Joanne Redmond, who has particular strength on the regulatory compliance side of product liability matters, are further names to note in the team.

London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Baker McKenzie‘s ‘international arbitration team is highly impressive’. The London team is notably experienced in arbitrations concerning finance, corporate and M&A disputes, as well as energy and construction-related conflicts. The practice also has notable investor-state expertise. Energy sector specialist Andy Moody routinely acts in commercial and investor-state arbitrations and Ed Poulton‘s international arbitration caseload includes investment treaty matters. Steve Abraham specialises in the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, while Kate Corby is a Middle East expert. Judith Mulholland is the ‘most hard-working person around‘. Also key to the international arbitration group are Richard Molesworth and Anjuli Patel.

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