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Independent Arbitrator, May 2021-present
Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
• President, April 2019-May 2021
• Executive Committee / Board, May 2018-present
Herbert Smith Freehills
• Head of International Arbitration – Australia, October 2016-April 2021
• Partner, Head of Office – Shanghai, June 2014-October 2016
• Partner – Shanghai, April 2012-June 2014
New York University School of Law – Shanghai campus
• Global Adjunct Professor, 3-credit course on International Arbitration, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
• Global Adjunct Professor, 2-credit course on International Arbitration, Spring 2014
Salans LLP
• Partner and Co-Head, Global Arbitration Practice – Paris and Shanghai, September 2008-April 2012
• Partner – Paris, May 2001-September 2008
• Associate – Moscow and Paris, December 1995-May 2001
Steptoe & Johnson
• Associate – Washington DC and Moscow, September 1992-December 1995
Shareholder disputes; financial disputes; commercial disputes; new technologies; distribution agreements; investment treaty disputes
FCIArb
Board member of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Native English
Working knowledge: French, Russian
Basic Conversational: Mandarin
See website https://www.brendahorrigan.com/publications
University of Sydney
LPAB/LEC Diploma in Law for Overseas Lawyers
2019 - 2021
Columbia University
JD
1988 - 1992
Moscow State University
Research scholar
1990 - 1991
Grinnell College
BA in Political Science
1984 - 1988
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She is always well prepared and on top of matters.
Brenda Horrigan is fabulous. There is lots to like - she is incredibly energetic, very knowledgeable and really commercially focused.
She is always well prepared and on top of matters.
Brenda Horrigan is fabulous. There is lots to like - she is incredibly energetic, very knowledgeable and really commercially focused.