KRISTEN YOUNG

Kristen Young is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department and Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group. She is based in the Firm’s Washington, DC office.

Kristen maintains a global practice focused on international investment treaty and commercial arbitration. She advises clients on the full spectrum of international arbitration matters, including annulment and international enforcement proceedings, with a particular focus on complex energy, mining and infrastructure disputes. She has experience with arbitrations under all major arbitral institutions and rules including ICSID, ICC, and LCIA, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules and before the PCA. Her experience includes investor-State arbitration under numerous bilateral investment treaties, the Energy Charter Treaty, CPTPP, DR-CAFTA, USMCA and NAFTA. Kristen has an established track record of taking on and winning complex, ground-breaking international arbitration matters, including some of the most significant investor-State victories over the past decade.