Biography: Arbitration

Ms Kim Rooney is an international arbitrator and Hong Kong barrister. Until late 2009 as a partner of White & Case LLP she headed its international dispute resolution practice based in Hong Kong. She is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, and as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia. On the arbitration panels of ACICA, CIETAC, HKIAC and KLRAC Ms Rooney regularly serves as an international arbitrator under the laws of civil and common law jurisdictions.

As counsel, Ms Rooney has represented government ministries, multilateral agencies, lenders and equity participants in the aviation, banking and finance, cement production, construction, energy, forestry, fund management, investment banking, manufacturing, media, mining, IT, satellite, telecommunications, and water sectors, among others, conducting commercial, construction and BIT arbitrations under the major institutional and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Ms Rooney's roles include being the chair of the ICC Hong Kong arbitration committee and on the editorial committee of IBA Dispute Resolution International; her memberships include the ICC arbitration commission, HKIAC users group, and the IBA New York Convention Committee. In 2010 and 2011 works that she co-authored or contributed to have been published by the IBA, ICCA, Lexis Nexis, Sweet & Maxwell and TDM. She is regularly cited in directories and speaks at international conferences.

In 1998 and 1999 Ms Rooney led a World Bank project advising the Lao Ministry of Justice on the reform of its arbitration law.