Katherine Reece Thomas

Overview

After completing her LLM and qualifying as a solicitor, Katherine Reece Thomas worked in private practice in the City of London and in Paris, and taught in the University of Cambridge. She has also practised in New York and is a member of the New York State Bar.

At City University London she teaches public international law, international law of the sea, contract and company law. Her research interests include public international law and company law and she is co-author of The Law and Practice of Shareholders' Agreements with Christopher Ryan.

She is an expert on the law of state immunity. Her monograph on the Commercial Activity Exception to State Immunity was published in March 2024 by Edward Elgar. She also publishes on the relationship between international law and domestic law.

Katherine is also Visiting Associate Professor and Fellow, University of Notre Dame (USA) in England.

She was Programme Director for City's LLMs from 2017-2022.

Qualifications

• Solicitor (non-practising), Law Society (England and Wales)
• Attorney (retired), New York State Bar Asociation
• BA(Hons) History, McGill University, Canada
• BA(Hons) Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• LLM in International Law, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Employment

• Associate Professor, City, University of London, United Kingdom, June 2017 - September 2022
• Visiting Associate Professor and Fellow University of Notre Dame (USA) in England, University of Notre Dame (USA) in England, United States, September 2010 - present

Languages

French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

1^stsupervisor

• Simone Mamini, Research Student

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