Catharine’s work on arbitration has focused on mixed arbitrations of mainly investment disputes. She has also worked on and taught commercial arbitration, interstate arbitration, and ADR.
Catharine is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
ISDS
Investor-state arbitration, state-state investment arbitration, ICSID Convention arbitration, ICSID Additional Facility, ad hoc arbitration under other arbitration rules (UNCITRAL, PCA, SSC, LCIA, etc).
Commercial arbitration
International commercial disputes between private parties and international commercial disputes involving a state party.
Interstate arbitration
Interstate arbitration as an alternative to international court proceedings, territorial boundaries and maritime delimitation.
ADR
Negotiations, good offices, mediation, conciliation, interstate disputes, investment disputes, commercial disputes, art and cultural heritage disputes.