Katie L Gonzalez

Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Katie L Gonzalez is an associate at Cleary Gottlieb in the New York City office. Her practice focuses on international litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on Latin America. Katie has experience representing international and domestic clients (both sovereign and private entities) in international arbitration matters, as well as in state and federal courts. Katie regularly works with clients in the oil and gas and manufacturing industries, and frequently publishes on arbitration topics.

Katie has fast become recognised as a rising star in the New York arbitration community, as demonstrated by the invitation she received to serve on the Organizing Committee of the 2021 New York Arbitration Week (after serving as the Organizing Committee Secretary in 2020). As an associate, Katie has often been asked to participate in panels regarding her practice, particularly her expertise in Latin America. Katie is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is also a member of ArbitralWomen, Young ICCA and ICC YAAF. Katie is an Alternate Director of the New York International Arbitration Center Board of Directors, where she also serves as the co-chair of the Foreign Lawyers Committee and a member of the Programming Committee. Katie is a member of the ICDR Young & International Board and the AAA-ICDR Publications Committee.

Katie joined Cleary Gottlieb in 2017 after graduating from Harvard Law School. She received her BA from Dartmouth College, where she was Phi Beta Kappa.