Kate Brown de Vejar

Practice Areas

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; International Arbitration

Career

Kate Brown de Vejar focuses her practice on international commercial and investment arbitration. She has represented private corporations, sovereign states, and state-owned entities in connection with international arbitrations under the leading institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including those of the ICC, the LCIA, ICSID, UNCITRAL, the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, and the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.

Widely recognized for her experience handling complex, high-profile disputes in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors, including disputes in the mining industry, and arising in connection with industrial facilities, such as steel mills, cement and methanol plants. In November 2023 Kate was chosen as the next Senior Vice Chair of the International Bar Association's Arbitration Committee, a position which will see her take the helm of the committee in 2026. She is a Member of the LCIA Court and in 2023 she was appointed President of the LCIA's Latin American Users' Forum. In April 2024, she was appointed to the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.

Professional Memberships

Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Court and President of the LCIA’s Latin American Users' Forum

Senior Vice Chair of the IBA’s Arbitration Committee

Co-Chair of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) ’s Working Group on Arbitrator Liability

President of ANZMEX (the Australia, New Zealand, Mexico Business Council)

Co-Chair of the Remote Online Advocacy Program (ROAP) for North America

Law 360 Editor for International Arbitration (appointed in 2022)

Publications

"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2023" July, 2023

"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2022" August, 2022

Education