Anna is a barrister, arbitrator and adjudicator at Bankside Chambers (Auckland and Singapore). Anna has particular expertise in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration.
Anna is the Vice-President of AMINZ and New Zealand’s Member on the ICC International Court of Arbitration. She is a Fellow of AMINZ, CIArb and ACICA and a member of the Arbitration and Adjudication Panels of AMINZ, NZDRC, BDT and a number of overseas institutions. Anna is also recommended for arbitration by Lexology (formerly Who’s Who Legal) and ranked as a leading barrister by Legal 500.
Prior to joining Bankside Chambers, Anna worked with renowned international arbitrator, Sir David Williams KC, and practised international arbitration at Herbert Smith Freehills in London.
Anna is a co-author of New Zealand’s primary arbitration text, Williams & Kawharu on Arbitration, co-lectures international arbitration at the University of Auckland and holds a PhD in international law from the University of Cambridge.
Along with Royden Hindle and Diana Qiu, Anna is a co-author of the Aotearoa New Zealand Arbitration Surveys.