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Senior Associate
Trial and Global Disputes
/ International Arbitration and Litigation
Charity Kirby is an Associate in King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes practice in the London office. Charity qualified in 2015, having trained with the firm.
Charity has a wealth of experience in commercial litigation and arbitration and has acted in proceedings before the English High Court, the English Court of Appeal, Arbitral Tribunals under major international arbitration rules and in London based ad-hoc arbitrations.
Charity has been involved in a variety of multi-party cases, often spanning many jurisdictions including issues of breach of contract, professional negligence and fraud in industries such as financial services and oil and gas.
Law Society of England & Wales
Law Society of Enland & Wales (Admitted 1/4/2016; Reg. # 594053)
July 6, 2020
Ruth Byrne, Charity Kirby and Kabir Bhalla advise Unión Fenosa Gas before the High Court of Justice
Acting for the respondent State in an ICSID arbitration for alleged breaches of a bilateral investment treaty valued at approximately USD 6 billion
Acting for a sovereign-wealth fund in a $500 million fraud proceeding before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Acting in an ad-hoc arbitration, seated in London, focusing on illegality and piercing the corporate veil in a case related to the shipping industry.
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October 1, 2015
Angola’s New Private Investment Law
October 6, 2014
Electricity Reform in Mexico: New Opportunities and Roles
July 6, 2020
Ruth Byrne, Charity Kirby and Kabir Bhalla advise Unión Fenosa Gas before the High Court of Justice
Acting for the respondent State in an ICSID arbitration for alleged breaches of a bilateral investment treaty valued at approximately USD 6 billion
Acting for a sovereign-wealth fund in a $500 million fraud proceeding before the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Acting in an ad-hoc arbitration, seated in London, focusing on illegality and piercing the corporate veil in a case related to the shipping industry.
See more
October 1, 2015
Angola’s New Private Investment Law
October 6, 2014
Electricity Reform in Mexico: New Opportunities and Roles
July 6, 2020
Ruth Byrne, Charity Kirby and Kabir Bhalla advise Unión Fenosa Gas before the High Court of Justice
Law Society of England & Wales
Law Society of Enland & Wales (Admitted 1/4/2016; Reg. # 594053)