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Karyl Nairn

Address: 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
40 Bank Street`
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5DS

Phone Number: 
020 7519 7000
Fax Number: 
020 7519 7070
Email: 
karyl.nairn@skadden.com
Born: 
Perth, Australia
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
Australian
Education: 
B. Juris (Hons) 1986 L.L.B. (Hons) 1987 University of Western Australia; L.L.M. 1991, London School of Economics, University of London
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1988, and the Federal and High Courts of Australia in 1989; admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1991; admitted as a solicitor advocate in England and Wales in 2
Present Position: 
Partner and Head of International Arbitration, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, London
Professional Experience: 

Partner and Head of International Arbitration Group, Simmons & Simmons (1996–2003); joined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP in 2003. Member of the LCIA Court of Arbitration since 2016. Member of the Advisory Board for SIAC since 2017. Member for Australia, ICC Court of International Arbitration and Member for Australia, ICC Commission on International Arbitration 1999 – 2009, Vice-President, ICC Court of International Arbitration and ex-officio member of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration 2009-2015; Lecturer in International Arbitration for the McGeorge School of Law Masters programme held in Vienna 1998- 2003; guest teacher for the annual Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration run by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; guest lecturer in International Arbitration, for the LLM arbitration programmes at King’s College and Queen Mary College, London; accredited mediator

Professional Associations: 

Law Society of England and Wales; Law Council of Australia; ICCA; ABA; IBA; LCIA; ICC; SIAC; CEDR; American Arbitration Association; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Chair of the Development Board of the charity JUSTICE, since 2014.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

LCIA member

Arbitration Experience: 

Numerous cases as counsel and arbitrator in complex commercial and treaty arbitration cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Banking & Finance
Oil & Gas
Sports
Publications from JURIS: 
Cross-Examination of Witnesses from Former Soviet Union Countries - Chapter 26 - Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration - Second Edition
Publications: 

Cross-Examination of Witnesses from Former Soviet Union Countries - Chapter 26 - Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration - Second Edition. Editor, Arbitration World, 2nd, 3rd & 4th editions. Member of Editorial Board for Arbitration International and Global Arbitration Review