Shirin GURDOVA

Shirin Gurdova is an arbitration lawyer at Derains & Gharavi specialised in international arbitration. She has advised clients in investor-state arbitration and international commercial arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc (UNCITRAL) and under the auspices of major arbitral institutions (ICC and ICSID). She has particular expertise in banking, energy, and construction disputes.

She holds an LL.M. in International Business & Economic Law from Georgetown University Law Center, an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute of Geneva and the University of Geneva, an LL.M. in Public International Law and Human Rights from the Riga Graduate School of Law and a BA in International and Business Law from the American University of Central Asia.

Shirin is fluent in Turkmen, Russian, English, and Turkish and has a working proficiency in Iranian Farsi and French.

Shirin is a co-Chair of Young ICCA, a leading arbitration knowledge network for young practitioners and students, functioning under the auspices of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).