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Diora Ziyaeva
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Diora Ziyaeva

Arbitrator & Mediator

New York, United States · Americas
Bench: Environment & Sustainability Bench Practice: mediation arbitration Sectors: Banking and Finance Healthcare Disputes Practice Group Oil Gas and Energy
Professional Biography
Diora Ziyaeva is an international arbitration specialist with a decade of experience litigating complex cases under all major international arbitration rules, including ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, and UNCITRAL. Ms. Ziyaeva represents clients from diverse industries in disputes governed by the laws of more than thirty nations across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Russia, North America, Oceania, and North Africa. Ms. Ziyaeva is a member of Dentons US LLP\'s Litigation and International Dispute Resolution practice groups in New York, where her focus is on investor-state arbitration, commercial arbitration and issues and disputes relating to public international law, as well as corporate law with an emphasis on the energy, mining, aviation and construction sectors. Licensed in New York and Uzbekistan, Ms. Ziyaeva has been involved in over a dozen investment arbitration cases under the UNCITRAL Rules and the ICSID Convention/Rules, as well as in commercial disputes involving states and state-owned entities. Ms. Ziyaeva is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School where she is teaching a course on the Practice of Investor-State Arbitration. Her pieces have been published worldwide and she is a frequent guest lecturer in various U.S. law schools. Ms. Ziyaeva was named as 2018 American Bar Association On the Rise – Top 40 Young Lawyers. The honor, given by the ABA Young Lawyer\'s Division, recognizes young lawyers who demonstrate a \"broad range of high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service.\"
PRACTICE AREA:
Litigation, International Dispute Resolution, Investor-State Arbitration, International Commercial Arbitration, Mediation
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb)
  • International Bar Association
  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration
  • American Bar Association
  • Harvard Club of New York
  • United States Council for International Business
  • Arab Bankers Association of North America
  • ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
  • New York City Bar Association, International Commercial Disputes Committee
  • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
Qualifications & Education
  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA LL.M., 2009
  • University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Juris Doctor, June 2007
  • Georgetown University Washington, D.C. Academic Exchange, Spring 2005
  • Westminster University,London, U.K. Academic Exchange, 2002–2003
Global Bench
Environment & Sustainability Bench

Environmental law, ESG, climate change, water, and sustainability frameworks.

Services & Capabilities
Arbitration Expert Determination Neutral Services
Who this Neutral Serves
For Construction Industry For Small Business For International Trade
Industry Experience
Financial Services Real Estate Consumer Business
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Diora Ziyaeva is listed on the TheNeutrals.ORG™ Global Bench and is qualified under the INDS™ Neutral Evaluation methodology. Every engagement follows the six-stage INDS™ process: Intake, Information Gathering, Behavioural Assessment, Risk Analysis, Strategy & Settlement Feasibility, and Final Report. All four sub-frameworks (INDS-BF™, INDS-RG™, INDS-SFM™, INDS-SF™) apply to every evaluation engagement.

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