Marryum Kahloon is a senior associate in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. She is a member of the Firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group.
Marryum has extensive experience in international arbitration and public international law disputes. She has experience in a wide range of cross-border disputes including investor-State arbitration and international commercial arbitration. Marryum has experience advising clients on cases under arbitration rules including the ICSID, ICSID AF, UNCITRAL, HKIAC, SCC, ICC, AAA, and SIAC Rules. In addition, she has advised on cases before both the International Court Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
Her pro bono practice focuses on advising clients on issues of public international law and international human rights law. Her experience includes drafting and submitting petitions to United Nations organs, working with international criminal tribunals, advising on treaty negotiations, and supporting non-governmental organizations with research and strategy.
Marryum graduated with an LLM from Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and recipient of the Edwin Parker Prize for excellence in the study of international law. She earned her Bachelor of Laws degree, summa cum laude, from Bond University, where she was a Vice Chancellor’s Scholar. Prior to joining the Firm, Marryum acquired experience in international arbitration with international law firms in Paris, Shanghai, and Sydney. She was also the judicial clerk to the Honorable Margaret McMurdo AC, President of the Court of Appeal of Queensland.
She is admitted to practice in the State of New York and in Queensland, Australia.
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Credentials
Education:
- Columbia University - 2018 Master of Laws (LL.M.)
- Bond University - 2015 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
- Bond University - 2015 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- Australia - Supreme Court of Queensland
- New York Bar