Debevoise & Plimpton LLP partner Catherine Amirfar, Co-Chair of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group, has received the Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award by the International Bar Association’s Women Lawyers’ Committee. The award was presented at the 11th World Women Lawyers’ Conference in recognition of Ms. Amirfar’s distinguished contributions to the legal profession and international law.

Catherine Amirfar routinely represents multinational corporations, sovereign states and international organizations before international arbitration tribunals and U.S. and international courts. From 2014–2016, Ms. Amirfar served as the Counselor on International Law at the U.S. Department of State in the Obama Administration.

For over four decades, Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group has offered winning advocacy, commercial judgment and client dedication across a broad range of international commercial and treaty arbitration, public international law and complex commercial litigation cases. Debevoise is one of the only firms to be consistently ranked Band 1 in the Chambers Global international arbitration, public international law and dispute resolution guides.