Nina Jankovic, Construction Arbitration Lawyer
As an international arbitration lawyer with a decade of experience in construction, commercial and investment arbitration, Nina Jankovic holds an LLM in Public International Law from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and an LLB from Belgrade University, Serbia, graduating summa cum laude.
Prior to joining Aceris, she was a Graduate Trainee in the International Arbitration Group of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris and a former intern at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague. She was also a legal intern in law firms in Belgrade and Berlin and a trainee at the German Bundestag and a holder of the International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS).
Nina speaks English, Serbian/Croatian, Spanish, German, French and Italian fluently and has basic knowledge of Portuguese. She is admitted to the Serbian Bar.
Professional
experiences
Aceris Law LLC, International Arbitration, Geneva, Switzerland
Nina represents the clients of Aceris Law LLC under the direction and supervision of the founding partner, William Kirtley. She has worked on various cases under the UNCITRAL, ICSID, SIAC, SCC, ICC, LCIA, PCA, AAA, ICDR and other arbitration rules, under English law, Bosnian law, Saudi law, Turkish law, Singapore law, Moldovan law, Uzbek law, Angolan law, Montenegrin law, Indonesian law, Qatari law, and public international law, amongst others. Her most recent cases, concluded in favour of Aceris’ clients, include, inter alia, representing a publicly listed Malaysian company in a USD 400 million dispute involving a natural gas construction project in Uzbekistan against a subsidiary of a Russian multinational company in the oil and gas sector. She has also represented a Greek construction company in an UNCITRAL arbitration administered by the PCA against a Bosnian State agency involving the construction of a wastewater treatment plant governed by Bosnian law. Nina is currently representing a French magnate, investor and high-net-worth individual, Mr. Bachar Kiwan, in a USD 800 million ICSID arbitration against Kuwait (Bachar Kiwan v. State of Kuwait, ICSID Case No. ARB/20/53). Nina also contributes to diverse publications on international commercial, construction and investment arbitration.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, International Arbitration Group, Paris, France – Graduate Trainee
As a graduate trainee during her six-month traineeship, Nina worked on various public international law, investment law and commercial law cases. Nina was primarily working on a public international law case for a submission for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) relating to a dispute between two Latin American states. Nina also helped with the translations of documents and evidence to and from Spanish, German and Serbian. During her traineeship, Nina was also involved in an investment law case against an ex-Soviet Republic, commercial law cases under the LCIA and ICC rules, and a successful ICC challenge of an arbitrator.
Permanent Court of Arbitration (the PCA), the Hague, the Netherlands – Legal Intern
During her internship at the PCA, Nina was involved as a case administrator in a number of public international law and investment law cases, examples of which include a maritime border issue between two Balkan States, a confidential case against an international organization, a case brought against Russia in relation to violations of environmental and maritime law. Nina helped with the organization of the hearings and conferences, assisted tribunals throughout different stages of arbitral proceedings and assisted with correspondence between the parties and tribunals.
German Bundestag, holder of International Parliamentary Scholarship (IPS), Berlin, Germany – Intern
Nina worked for five months in the office of an SPD Parliamentarian. Nina organized and attended meetings and conferences, prepared legal briefings and drafted memoranda and notes in German.
Law Firm Jankovic, Belgrade, Serbia – Trainee
Nina was focused primarily on Serbian Company and Business law, was involved in the founding of a company and the restructuring of a major Serbian company in the pharmaceutical industry, and assisted with Serbian court proceedings and the litigation of commercial disputes.
SZARKA Rechstanwalte – Attorneys at Law, Berlin, Germany- Summer Legal Intern
Worked in the German language on various insolvency law, family law and inheritance law cases. She was also involved with EU law and EU enforcement proceedings.
Recent international arbitration
legal experience
- Counsel in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/53, Bachar Kiwan v. State of Kuwait, in a USD 800 million dispute under France-Kuwait BIT
- Counsel in USD 50 million SIAC arbitration representing two out of four Respondents in a multiparty dispute involving charter hire agreement (Singapore and Mexican law, seat in Singapore)
- Counsel in ICC arbitration involving a construction project in Algeria (Indonesian law, seat in Paris)
- Counsel in ICC arbitration involving a construction project in Qatar (Qatari law, seat in London)
- Counsel in LCIA arbitration under Saudi law for Saudi Claimant against a South Korean company
- Counsel in ICC arbitration under Swiss law representing a Croatian construction company in a dispute against an Italian company involving the construction of a gas refinery in Croatia (seat in Geneva, Swiss law)
- Counsel in SCC arbitration under the laws of Uzbekistan representing a Malaysian company against a subsidiary of a Russian multinational company (amounts in dispute USD 400 million)
- Counsel in UNCITRAL arbitration under Bosnian law representing a Greek company against a Bosnian state agency
- Counsel in ICDR arbitration defending Canadian Respondent against American company (settled on favourable terms)
- Counsel in successful ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitration under Angolan law on behalf of the Angolan Ministry against a Spanish company
- Counsel in successful SIAC arbitration under Singapore law on behalf of a company based in Oman against a multinational company based in Singapore
- Counsel in ICC arbitration under Saudi law on behalf of a Saudi client against a Spanish company
- Counsel in successful ICC arbitration under English law on behalf of Canadian Claimant against Saudi company (amount in dispute USD 150 million)
Education & teaching
Leiden Law School, LLM Public International Law
- Master Thesis: “Necessity in Public International Law and International Investment law: Is There a Double Standard?”; Mentor: Prof. Eric de Brabandere
- Coaching Leiden Law School Team for Phillip C. Jessup Public International Law Moot Court Competition
Faculty of Law, Belgrade University, LLB (4 years)(summa cum laude Graduate)
- International law with special focus on Public International Law, International Investment Law, Private International Law, Arbitration Law and International Business Law
- Participant in Phillip C. Jessup Public International Law Moot Court Competition final rounds in Washington DC, March 2013
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- Introduction to German law
- International Security Law
Languages
- Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian (native)
- English (bilingual)
- Spanish (fluent)
- German (intermediate)
- French (intermediate)
- Italian (intermediate)
- Portuguese (beginner)
Bar admissions
- Serbian Bar
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