Maria Kostytska is a partner in the firm’s International Arbitration practice group. She is multilingual in English, French, Ukrainian, Russian, and Spanish. She is admitted to the bars of New York, District of Columbia, Paris, England and Wales (barrister). Maria acts as lead counsel in investor-state, state-to-state and commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA and SCC Rules. Maria also serves as a presiding, sole and co-arbitrator. Her arbitration and litigation experiences pans a variety of industrial sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, banking, aviation and manufacturing.
Maria has previously served as a court member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris for two consecutive terms. She served as a founding council member of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC) in Tbilisi, and is listed on the panels of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), and el Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de AmCham Perú.
Maria lectures on investment arbitration for the Masters in Arbitration and International Commerce (MACI) program at Versailles University.