Alina is an associate based in the London office. She has experience in public international law and international dispute resolution across a range of sectors, including banking & finance, energy and telecommunications. She has experience advising sovereign States, State-owned entities, private parties and international organisations before international courts and arbitral tribunals, as well as in non-contentious matters under public international law.
Alina has been teaching classes on international dispute resolution and international investment law at the University of Cambridge. She is also Assistant Editor of the ICSID Reports. She previously served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge International Law Journal, and held visiting fellowships at Harvard Law School and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg.
She holds an LLM in international law with distinction from the University of Cambridge, an LLB (First Class Honours) from the University of Athens and a Minor in Finance from the American College of Greece. She has also studied international business at Harvard University, international commercial litigation and arbitration at the London School of Economics (LSE), and attended the International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris, where she was awarded the Laureate of the Academy Prize.
Alina has previously worked at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advising on matters relating to international economic organisations. She is admitted in Greece and speaks Greek, English, French and has a working knowledge of Spanish.
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Languages
English
French
Greek
Advising the UN Environment Programme before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in proceedings concerning the Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law
Representing multiple claimants in a pair of UNCITRAL/ad hoc arbitrations against a North African State under the Agreement on Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments amongst the Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC Agreement) and a Bilateral Investment Treaty
Representing a global mining company in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings against a Central Asian State concerning tax and royalty demands in breach of stability guarantees in a long-term investment agreement relating to one of the world’s largest gold/copper mines
Representing a European State in a series of ICSID arbitrations against foreign banking institutions
Representing a North African State in an ICSID arbitration against a telecommunications investor
Representing a European gambling operator in two LCIA arbitrations arising from multiple concession agreements
Assisting the Democratic Republic of Congo in reparation proceedings before the International Court of Justice
Assisting Kenya in maritime delimitation proceedings before the International Court of Justice
Advising an island State in the context of inter-State negotiations for a treaty on maritime delimitation of its outer continental shelf
Working with REDRESS on a pro bono project promoting balanced gender representation in UN mechanisms and bodies.
- PhD in International Law, University of Cambridge (thesis in progress)
- LLM, University of Cambridge
- LLB, University of Athens