I am a seasoned international law specialist with over 15 years of experience from both sides of the Atlantic. As international arbitration counsel, I concentrate my practice on advising foreign investors in investor-state disputes under the ICSID and UNCITRAL Rules. I have counseled Scandinavian, Dutch, and French investors in various investment disputes against governments in Central and Eastern Europe. The disputes cover a wide range of industries from banking and real estate to mining and waste management and total more than $10 billion in controversy. As counsel, I am actively involved in the whole life cycle of the dispute – from evidence gathering and the request to arbitrate to the issuance of the final award and its enforcement. In addition to international arbitration, I assist international organizations representing atrocity victims with international law questions related to human rights abuses in West Africa. Presently, I split my time between New York and Sofia, Bulgaria.

I began my career at the Chicago office of a boutique law firm where I practiced international trade law and appeared before state and U.S. federal courts. Subsequently, I was a senior associate at the Sofia office of a London-based international law firm where I was involved in cross-border transactions and international investment disputes on behalf of foreign investors. I hold an LL.M. from Columbia Law School in New York and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law where I served as a Lead Articles Editor on the Law Review Board.