Natalia Mouzoula

Natalia Mouzoula

Associate | Anjarwalla Collins & Haidermota

Physical Address:

Saaha Offices, Block C Office 501A The Palace Downtown

Postal Address:

P.O.Box 58553, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Telephone:

+971 44 52 90 91

Email Address:

  1. Background

    Natalia is a Greek-qualified international arbitration specialist based in Dubai. Natalia represents private parties and states in international dispute settlement. Her experience covers commercial and investment-treaty arbitrations in the oil and gas, financial services, mining, gaming, and life sciences sectors under a variety of arbitration rules including ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, and ICSID. Natalia also advises governments on issues of public international law.

    Natalia holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies, and an LL.M. in Public International Law, and an LL.B. from the University of Athens. She also has a Minor Degree in Finance.

    Prior to Anjarwalla Collins &
    Haidermota, Natalia gained experience in international arbitration and public international law at leading law firms including Sidley Austin LLP (Geneva), Three Crowns LLP (Paris), and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan (Zurich).

    Natalia’s activities include teaching at the ELSA Summer School on International Investment Law, speaking at conferences, including about “International Investment Law & New Technologies” in The Netherlands, and publishing articles on various topics around international commercial and investment-treaty arbitration.

  2. Professional Membership
    • Athens Bar Association, Greece
  3. Professional Qualifications

    2020: LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement, University of Geneva and Geneva Graduate Institute for International Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

    2019: LL.M. in Public International Law, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    2018: LL.B. University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  4. Career Summary

    2022 – 2023: Associate Trainee, Sidley Austin LLP

    2020: Juriste, Three Crowns LLP

    2020: Contract Attorney, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

    2016 – 2018: Trainee Lawyer, SMLF, Mouzoulas & Associates Law Firm, Athens, Greece

  5. Publications and Speaking Engagements

    2023      “Can Price Caps Spark a Flare Up in Energy Contracts?” (Upcoming publication, co-authored)

    2023      “Protecting The ‘Unfriendly’: Foreign Investors Against Russia in International Arbitration” (Jus Mundi, co-authored)

    2023      “Exploring International Arbitration in Africa’s Construction Sector” (Jus Mundi, co-authored)

    2022      Visiting Lecturer at ELSA Athens Summer School on International Investment Law 2022, Topic: “Fair and Equitable Treatment & Full Protection and Security in International Investment Law”

    2022      Case summary & comment: Council of State of Greece, 668/2012 (Domestic Courts module of Oxford Reports on International Law)

    2021      “Digital Services Taxes and International Investment Law: A new battleground?” (Colloquium “International Investment Law & New Technologies”, Tilburg, The Netherlands, 9 – 10 Dec. 2021)

    2020      “Security for Costs in International Arbitration” (Arbitration, Mediation & Alternative Dispute Settlement (Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2020 Edn)

    2020: Case summary & comment: Council of State of Greece, 1333/2001 (Domestic Courts module of Oxford Reports on International Law)

    2020: Speaker at the Experts in Litigation and Arbitration (ELA) Conference, Topic: “The establishment and organization of the arbitral tribunal”

    2019: “Taxation of Income from Services Provided by Non-Residents and Attribution of Income to Permanent Establishments through Fractional Apportionment: Double Taxation Treaties and National Laws” (Centre for Trade and Economic Integration (CTEI) Working Papers)

    2018: “Materials on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties: article-by-article summary of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties jurisprudence” (Athens Public International Law Center)

  6. Top Matters
    • Acting for a large oil and gas corporation located in Pakistan in connection with international arbitration proceedings against a private-sector exploration and production company arising out of a number of petroleum exploration agreements and joint operation agreements under the ICC Arbitration Rules.
    • Acting for a large oil and gas corporation in connection with international arbitration against an exploration and production company proceedings, under the ICC Arbitration Rules with the Parties’ settlement agreement.
    • Acting for a cleint  in connection with seeking interim measures in a dispute within the oil and gas industry to prevent a petroleum exploration and production company from seizing the working interest of a major oil and gas corporation in an exploration license governed by a petroleum concession agreement.

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