Derains & Gharavi International

Shirin Gurdova

Jurist

Biography

NATIONALITY: Turkmen
LANGUAGES: English, Russian, Turkish, Turkmen, French and Farsi
OFFICE: Paris

Shirin Gurdova is a jurist 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).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since March 2023 Jurist, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Oct. 2017 – May 2019 Jurist, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
March – Sept. 2017 Legal Intern, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Sept. 2014 – Sept. 2015 Associate, International Arbitration Group – Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (Ashgabat)

EDUCATION

2022 LL.M. in International Business & Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
2016 LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), University of Geneva/Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2014 LL.M. in Public International Law and Human Rights, Riga Graduate School of Law
2013 BA in International and Business Law, American University of Central Asia

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