Practice Areas
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 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.
Professional 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
Publications
Nottingham University (2001)
University of Exeter (2000)
University of the Saarland, Germany (2000)
