Katrina Limond
Senior Associate
London
Katrina Limond
Senior Associate
London
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Katrina is a solicitor-advocate with extensive experience advising on investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations, public international law and business & human rights.
She has acted for a wide range of global clients including States, companies and international organisations, particularly in Europe, South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
She has experience as counsel and advocate in multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, CIArb, SCC, SIAC and LMAA Rules, and specialised experience in the energy, telecommunications, extractive industries, intellectual property and technology sectors.
She has been recognised as a key lawyer for Public International Law by Legal 500 since 2020.
She has experience in English Court litigation, including in arbitration-related court proceedings before the Commercial Court and Supreme Court.
She writes and speaks regularly on international arbitration, public international law, and business & human rights.
She is a member of various professional associations, including the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and Young ICCA. Currently, she is a regional representative for YIAG. From 2021-2023, she was the UK Chair for the Young ITA, the under-40s branch of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
Katrina is a native English speaker who also speaks French.
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
M.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge, Clare College, Law, 2010, 1st class
Licence III, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), French Law, 2009
Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, London, 2012, Distinction
Related articles
Publications: 12 January 2024
Artificial intelligence in arbitration: evidentiary issues and prospects
Martin Magal, Alexander Calthrop and Katrina Limond of Allen & Overy examine how artificial intelligence will change the way in which parties gather, analyse, and present evidence in international…
News: 12 December 2023
Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2024 recognises 25 Allen & Overy lawyers as global leaders
Publications: 06 October 2023
The IP Arbitration Podcast Episode 5: Arbitration as an option for FRAND disputes
Publications: 03 October 2023
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Qualifications
Professional
Academic
M.A. (Hons), University of Cambridge, Clare College, Law, 2010, 1st class
Licence III, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), French Law, 2009
Legal Practice Course, The College of Law, London, 2012, Distinction
Published work
- The ICJ and the climate crisis - what an advisory opinion could mean for international law and co-operation, LexisNexis, April 2023
- UNCITRAL’s new draft model clauses target technology disputes, Allen & Overy, March 2023
- Enforcement of arbitration awards against States - court documents must be served through diplomatic channels, Allen & Overy, Nov 2021
- Which law governs an arbitration agreement where the governing law of the main contract and the seat of arbitration do not match? Allen & Overy, April 2020
- Drafting UK updates, managing UK contributions and editing Young ITA Newsletter, since August 2021
- Diverging attitudes to international arbitration in East Africa, African Law & Business, March 2019
- Cohesion between the international human rights and international investment regimes, A&O Business & Human Rights Review, Sept 2016
- A new arbitration law for Myanmar, Practical Law Arbitration, Mar 2016
- Who is the most influential arbitrator in the world? Global Arbitration Review, Jan 2016
- Increased transparency at the ICC Court of Arbitration, Allen & Overy, Oct 2015
- Investment Treaty Arbitration know-how for Rwanda, Global Arbitration Review, 2015
