Alina Papanastasiou

Associate

London

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 previously worked at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advising on matters relating to international economic organisations. Alina holds an LLM in international law with distinction from the University of Cambridge, where she was awarded the McAulay Scholarship and the Jacovides Prize for excellence in academic performance. She also holds 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. She speaks Greek, English, French, and has a working knowledge of Spanish.

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Greek

French

  • 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 European gambling operator in two LCIA arbitrations arising from multiple concession agreements

  • 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