Dr Caroline Kenny KC

Caroline has more than 35 years’ experience in complex commercial disputes, including as King’s Counsel for 18 years, as an AMDRAS Accredited Mediator and as an international Chartered Arbitrator. She has practised in Australia, New York and London and is admitted in all three jurisdictions.

Caroline practices in a  broad range of  complex common law and commercial disputes  including banking and finance, joint ventures, oppression, construction, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, re-insurance, licensing, IP, consumer law, crypto-currency and sports law.  Caroline has been retained in significant high profile disputes for commercial parties including major corporates, banks, insurers, re-insurers, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Defence Force, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission. Caroline is known for her attention to detail and organisational skills in leading large teams in complex commercial disputes. These skills have been honed in multi-party commercial disputes including class-actions/representative proceedings.  For a selection of  cases in which Caroline has been retained please see the attached list of cases.

Caroline also has an international arbitration practice. She is at present the only female Chartered Arbitrator in Australia. In 2020 she was elected as the Australasian Trustee of the London based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a global organisation with more than 18,000 members worldwide. She has been appointed sole arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in numerous international commercial arbitrations under the rules of major arbitral institutions, both ad hoc and institutional. She is a Fellow of the Australian Centre For Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), is the Victorian Bar’s representative to ACICA and sits on the Professional Advisory Committee of ACICA. Caroline is empanelled on numerous international arbitration panels including the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

To download Caroline's CV click here.  For a list of cases in which Caroline has been involved click here.