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Rachael Kent
Work Department
Litigation ; International Arbitration ; Construction and Infrastructure ; Trials ; Latin America
Position
Partner
Vice Chair, International Arbitration Practice Group
Career
Rachael Kent is a partner and vice chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group at WilmerHale, based in Washington, DC. She joined the firm in 1998.
Ms. Kent has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in a wide variety of commercial and investment disputes in arbitration proceedings seated in common law and civil law jurisdictions worldwide. Her experience includes ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, ICDR, WIPO, ICSID, UNCITRAL and others. She has recently represented parties in disputes in the energy, mining, aerospace, defense, pharmaceutical, construction, insurance, telecommunications, technology and retail sectors, among others.
Ms. Kent has taught International Commercial Arbitration at the Georgetown University Law Center and the Duke University School of Law. She also frequently speaks and writes on topics related to international arbitration.
Memberships
- District of Columbia
- England and Wales, Registered Foreign Lawyer
- Maryland
Education
JD, Duke University, 1998
BA, Georgetown University, 1995
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
(Leading lawyers)Among WilmerHale’s practice strengths, the international arbitration team stands out for its focus on IP-related matters, where it can work in conjunction with the wider firm’s premier patent litigation offering. Other core areas of expertise include energy, financial services, defense, and M&A-related disputes. Rachael Kent serves as vice chair of the global international arbitration group, where she contributes over 25 years of experience in commercial and investment disputes straddling both common law and civil law jurisdictions. Danielle Morris is noted for her strong recent run of investor-state cases, where she has predominantly represented investors in complex, multi-jurisdictional proceedings. The team also includes John Trenor, whose broad international arbitration experience encompasses commercial, investor-state and state-to-state matters. All named partners are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- International arbitration United States > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Industry focus > Education
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government contracts
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense