In the spirit of Spring, we are thrilled to share four exceptional additions to our team at Belgravia Law.
Belgravia Law has strengthened its international disputes practice with new hires at the Senior Consultant, Senior Solicitor, Lawyer and Paralegal levels.
Please join us in warmly welcoming our new colleagues, María Beatriz Burghetto, Izabella Prusskaya, Vivien Chai and Aleks Sekulić.
María Beatriz Burghetto has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration and litigation. Initially trained in Argentina and admitted in Paris, María Beatriz is experienced in both civil and common law systems.
She is an expert in and advises clients on international contracts in various sectors, including IT, supply chain and sanctions. She is also a specialist in complex private international law issues relating to advice on and dispute resolution in complex contracts.
María Beatriz acts as an arbitrator and is listed by the EU Commission as an arbitrator for bilateral disputes arising from trade agreements between the EU and other countries. Additionally, she is a CEDR-accredited mediator specialising in commercial matters.
She regularly contributes articles to prestigious publications. She has been a board member of ArbitralWomen since 2018, a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and co-chairs the Paris Bar Latin American Commission and the Wake up (with) arbitration! round tables. She has also been a consultant, case counsel and analyst for a third-party funder.
María Beatriz is fluent in English, French and Spanish.
Izabella Prusskaya is an experienced Senior Solicitor specialising in cross-border disputes, insolvency, and private client matters. Her expertise spans various complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation and arbitration cases across various sectors, including energy and natural resources, regulatory, large-scale infrastructure, automobile, technology and banking.
She has significant experience in commercial, investment and sports arbitration, handling cases in the CIS, France, Switzerland, US, UK, Monaco and offshore jurisdictions. Izabella has been involved in litigation in the high courts of England, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, France, Switzerland, and the state of New York. She has also been engaged in white-collar investigations, fraud trials and has extensive knowledge in the field of sanctions.
She trained with prestigious institutions such as the International Chamber of Commerce, Quinn Emanuel, Hogan Lovells, Three Crowns' Paris and Carey Olsen’s BVI and London offices. She is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales, a legal practitioner in the BVI and an Attorney-at-Law in the state of New York. Additionally, she is an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Institute and a member of CIArb.
Izabella is fluent in English, Russian, French and German.
Vivien Chai, a foreign-qualified lawyer, brings with her a wealth of legal expertise and an impressive background. In the UK, she is a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and has been called to the UK Bar. Additionally, Vivien is a foreign-qualified lawyer in Malaysia, holding membership with the Malaysian Bar Council.
Her academic achievements include obtaining an LLB from the University of Sheffield and completing the BVC program at City University, London.
She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.
Aleks studied Law at the University of Southampton, obtaining a First Class degree as well as several academic awards and scholarships. He has a particular interest in international commercial dispute resolution.
He has had an active mooting career, notably winning the International Cross Moot and ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Moot. He is committed to pro bono work and has volunteered with Amicus ALJ and the Freedom Law Clinic.
Aleks is fluent in English and Serbian.
We are confident that our new colleagues’ diverse experience and linguistic abilities will greatly contribute to our firm. BELGRAVIA LAW is pleased to be constantly expanding its team in order to support our deepening client base.
