Olivia Kaye joins Outer Temple Chambers

Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to welcome Olivia Kaye to our International Commercial team. She joins our London office with an already successful international arbitration practice spanning across a number of sectors and regions, particularly in investor-state disputes and complex commercial arbitration.

Olivia has extensive experience in investment arbitration, representing and advising both claimant investors and States in ICSID and UNCITRAL proceedings across a diverse range of sectors and geographical regions. She also has considerable experience in representing clients in complex commercial arbitrations brought under a variety of rules including the ICC, LCIA, SCC, DIFC, and NAI and advising clients more generally on potential disputes before they arise.

Olivia also has experience in construction arbitration and recently had her first formal appointment as tribunal secretary in a LCIA arbitration. She has also represented clients in arbitration-related English court proceedings.

Prior to joining the Bar, Olivia trained as a solicitor with a large US law firm before moving to a Russian boutique firm in order to help them establish their first London office. She has represented both States and claimant investors including the Russian Federation in the complex Crimean arbitrations brought by Ukrainian investors in Crimea under the Russia-Ukraine bilateral investment treaty. She is currently representing several sanctioned Russian investors in a series of investment arbitrations against European States relating to their imposition of sanctions.

Olivia has worked in the UK, Lebanon, Russia, and Dubai, is proficient in Lebanese Arabic, and holds an MA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from the American University of Beirut.

She said of her appointment “I am incredibly excited to join Outer Temple Chambers and to commit to the bar full time.  The International Arbitration team have an outstanding reputation, and I look forward to continuing to develop my own practice as well as working alongside such a formidable team.”

Director of Clerking, Chris Gittins said “We are very excited to welcome Olivia to the team. Olivia has an impressive and unique CV which will both complement our existing team and also help strengthen our global connections.”

Lexie Johnson, International Practice Director will be working alongside Olivia to manage her practice. She commented “Olivia brings with her a wealth of experience within international arbitration and investor-state disputes – a developing area of work for OTC. She will no doubt strengthen our growing team and further expand upon our jurisdictional reach and expertise.”

Find out more about Olivia here.

News 28 Apr, 2025