Carmel PROUDFOOT

Carmel is a Managing Associate at Linklaters in Singapore, specialising in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and cross-border litigation. She is dual qualified in England & Wales and Australia.

Carmel’s practice focuses on cross-border disputes across Asia-Pacific, India and the Middle East, particularly in the energy & resources, construction & infrastructure, telecommunications, cryptocurrency, and transport sectors. She acts as counsel for clients in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under the major rules and regularly advises clients on dispute risk mitigation. Carmel is a member of the SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators and also serves as tribunal secretary.

In addition to her arbitration work, Carmel has extensive experience acting in matters before Australian and foreign courts, including complex litigation and applications to enforce or set aside arbitral awards.

She is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the ICC Australia Arbitration Steering Committee, and previously served as the ICC YAF Representative for South Asia (2019-2021).