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 (now renamed Lexology Index)
View Brenda’s profile here.
2025: Global Leader, Arbitration
2024: Thought Leader, Arbitration; Global Leader, Arbitration; National Leader, Arbitration - South East Asia
Brenda Horrigan “has garnered an exceptional reputation in arbitration". "She has [an] extensive pedigree in arbitration matters", and is "[a] competent arbitrator and a very nice person".
2023: Thought Leader, Arbitration; Global Leader, Arbitration; National Leader, Arbitration - South East Asia
2022: Thought Leader, Arbitration; Global Leader, Arbitration; National Leader, Arbitration - South East Asia
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
2025: Band 3, Dispute Resolution: 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. “A first class international arbitrator over all.”
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