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Kathryn Khamsi to speak on the future of arbitrating environmental, climate change, and sustainability disputes at Australian Arbitration Week 2021

Publications 13th October 2021

Kathryn Khamsi will be speaking on a webinar addressing “The future of arbitrating environmental, climate change, and sustainability disputes”, as part of Australian Arbitration Week 2021.

The discussants will look at the evolution of jurisprudence in relation to climate change and the environment, and what it means for arbitration; how environmental protection is being used both to defend and advance investment treaty claims; evolutions in environmental protection, including emissions trading schemes, and the disputes that may arise in their regard.

The panel, which is hosted by Corrs Chambers Westgarth, will take place on Tuesday 19 October at 9:00am AEST (Monday 18 October at 11:00pm BST).

To find out more and to register, please click here.

ABOUT KATHRYN KHAMSI

Kathryn, a partner in the Paris office of Three Crowns, acts for States and corporate clients in all types of disputes, including investment treaty and commercial.  She is also on the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, and publishes and speaks regularly on arbitration and international law – including, most recently, on emissions trading schemes and deep seabed mining. Kathryn works in English and French, and is qualified in Paris, New York and Ontario. Clients have commended her “grasp of the technical detail, and her ability to identify and articulate game-changing arguments”, and she is recommended by ChambersWho’s Who Legal and The Legal 500.