Thought Leadership

I strive to be a thought leader in my professional field. I teach university courses and regularly speak and publish on international arbitration topics.

I am an Adjunct Professor at McGill University, where I teach “Strategy and Advocacy in International Arbitration” .

My recent conference talks include speaking at Harvard Law School, American Society of International Law (ASIL) – International Law Weekend at Fordham Law School, Cambridge Arbitration Days, Paris Arbitration Week, Vienna Arbitration Days, Kiev Arbitration Days, Zagreb Arbitration Days, and giving a keynote speech at Google in London about how my experience as a Bosnian refugee informed my outlook and my career as an international disputes lawyer.

I have published on international disputes topics in leading journals such as ICSID Review and Oxford Journal of Int’l Arbitration. My article (co-authored with Lucy Greenwood and Michael McIlwrath) on how to match arbitrators with party expectations was shortlisted for the Global Arbitration Review (GAR)’s Best Innovation Award (2017).

I am a promoter of equality and diversity in international arbitration. I am a founding Co-Chair of “Mute Off Thursdays”, which was shortlisted for the GAR Best Innovation Award (2021) and won the GAR Pledge Award for the Best Diversity Initiative (2021). I co-led the initiative to create the Compendium of Unicorns - A Global Guide to Women Arbitrators (available here).

I seek to actively contribute to the development of the international arbitration field. I am a member of the VIAC Advisory Board and Tech Committee, LCIA Users’ Council, CPR Y-ADR Steering Committee, ICDR Y&I Board, ICC Working Group for LVD and IBA Arbitration Committee.

I co-chaired the IBA Arbitration Committee’s Working Group on Site Visit Model Protocol, which published the Site Visit Model Protocol for Mining, Energy and Construction Arbitrations. I currently Co-Chair the IBA Arbitration & Insolvency Committee.

 

Publications

Conference Presentations 

  • Implicit Bias and the Science of Decision Making, CPR Annual Meeting, New Orleans (March 2023)

  • Back to the Future or the New Normal – Procedural Disruptions in Energy Arbitrations, 11th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, Houston (Jan. 2023)

  • Efficiency – Good In Itself Or Just One Consideration For A Successful Arbitration?, ICC Canada Arbitration Committee Annual Conference 2022, Montreal (Oct. 2022)

  • Drafting An Arbitration Agreement – Law and Practice, Arbitration Ireland, Virtual (April 2022)

  • The Unwritten Rules of A Career In International Arbitration, ICC YAF, Virtual/Paris (Jan. 2022)

  • Procedural Innovation: New Solutions To Old Problems, ICC YAF, Virtual/New York (Dec. 2021)

  • Reforming Investor-State Dispute Resolution, Balkan Arbitration Conference, Virtual (July 2021)

  • Tech Disputes – Lessons Learned From The Perspective Of Counsel And Arbitrator, Joint YCAP/SVAMC-YP Conference on Tech, Start-ups and Dispute Resolution, Zagreb (June 2021)

  • Arguments That Matter When Asking An ICSID Tribunal To Stop Criminal Proceedings, Mute Off Thursdays, Virtual/New York (Jan. 2021)

  • The Fragmentation Of International Law: Resolving The Conflict Between EU Law And International Investment Law, ABILA International Law Weekend, NY City Bar and Fordham Law School, New York (Oct. 2019)

  • Force Majeure & Hardship Clauses In Arbitration, ICC YAF, Paris Arbitration Week, Paris (April 2019)

  • The Art Of Advocacy: Tips, Tricks And War Stories, ICDR Y&I, YAWP and Wilmer Hale, London (Sept. 2018)

  • Does Investment Arbitration Demand Different Rules And Principles To That Used In Commercial Arbitration, Cambridge Arbitration Days, Cambridge (March 2018) 

  • International Arbitration Of Business And Human Rights Disputes, Vienna Arbitration Days, Vienna (Jan. 2018)

  • Arbitrator Appointments And Parties’ Expectations, NY City Bar, New York (Sept. 2017)

  • Harvard Negotiation Method & Women Leadership, Croatian Commerce Association, Zagreb (May 2017)

  • Google Inspire: From A Bosnian Refugee To An International Arbitration Lawyer, Keynote Talk, Google HQ, London (Jan. 2017), available at: http://www.theinspiremovement.com/stories/  

  • Mandatory Rules and the Public Order – Comparison of Common Law and Civil Law Approaches, ICAC/UNCITRAL III. International Arbitration Readings, Kiev (Nov. 2015)

 Professional Membership 

  • UNCITRAL Working Group II (Arbitration and Conciliation)

  • LCIA Users’ Council (North America)

  • IBA Arbitration Committee, ICC YAAF, ICDR Y&I, YAAP, and YCAP

  • FIAA – Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy, USA

  • American Society of International Law (ASIL)

  • Mute Off Thursdays – Global International Arbitration Forum for Women