Full Name
Yas Banifatemi
Job Title
Founding Partner
Company
Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes
Speaker Bio
Prof. Yas Banifatemi is a founding partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes and is widely recognized as one of the most prominent international arbitration and public international law specialists worldwide. Prior to founding Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, she served, alongside Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard, as Shearman & Sterling’s Global International Arbitration Practice Group Leader and Public International Law Team Leader.
Yas acts as counsel, arbitrator and expert and has experience under all major international arbitration rules. As counsel, she advises and represents States, State-owned entities and companies on international arbitration and public international law matters. She has secured numerous landmark victories for her clients, the most known of which is the USD 50 billion award rendered in favour of the majority shareholders of former Yukos Oil Company, the largest investment award in history.
Yas acts as counsel, arbitrator and expert and has experience under all major international arbitration rules. As counsel, she advises and represents States, State-owned entities and companies on international arbitration and public international law matters. She has secured numerous landmark victories for her clients, the most known of which is the USD 50 billion award rendered in favour of the majority shareholders of former Yukos Oil Company, the largest investment award in history.
