Recognition

Brenda is consistently ranked as a leading arbitration practitioner in publications such as Chambers and Partners’ Global Guide and Who’s Who: Legal. Some of her most recent recognitions are below.

Who’s Who: Legal

View Brenda’s profile here.

  • 2023: Thought Leader, Arbitration

  • 2022: Thought Leader, Arbitration
    Brenda Horrigan is “always up-to-date and brings genuine international perspective to her work”, is “a very reliable practitioner” and is “a widely recognised and respected arbitrator

  • 2022: Global Leader, Arbitration

  • 2022: National Leader, Arbitration - South East Asia

  • 2021: Thought Leader, Arbitration

  • 2021: Global Leader, Arbitration
    Brenda Horrigan is “a true leader in arbitration in Australia”. She is “smart and highly experienced in multiple jurisdictions”, offering a practice that covers disputes in emerging markets and investor treaty arbitration.

  • 2020: Thought Leader, Arbitration

  • 2020: National Leader, Arbitration — Australia
    Brenda Horrigan is credited with “pushing the arbitration community forward”, and has a forte in arbitration in emerging markets.

Chambers

  • 2024: Band 3, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Most In Demand Arbitrators —Singapore
    Brenda Horrigan is well versed in the nuances of international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. Based out of Singapore since 2021, she has experience sitting as arbitrator in SIAC, LCIA and KCAB matters. "She does a great job of dealing with the procedural games that the other side plays, and her experience shows in how she keeps a focus on the bigger picture." "[She] is organised and a steady hand."

  • 2021: Band 1, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration — Australia
    Brenda Horrigan combines leadership of the firm's international arbitration team in Australia with her role as president of ACICA. She enjoys endorsement "without a doubt" as a leading player in this space and offers wide-ranging arbitration experience in the arbitration sphere, including roles as both counsel and arbitrator.

  • 2020: Band 1, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration — Australia
    Brenda Horrigan not only enjoys a "strong international reputation" as a "sophisticated practitioner" in the arbitration space, but is also identified as "one of the top three lawyers in Sydney" doing this work by a source who lays particular stress on her ability to conduct her own advocacy. She was appointed the first female president of ACICA in April 2019.

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

  • 2021: Leading Individual, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration — Australia

Women in Business Law Awards — Asia

  • 2020: Best in Commercial Arbitration