Aceris Law

Alexandra Koliakou

Associate at Aceris Law LLC. Alexandra Koliakou, of French and Greek nationality, is admitted to the Paris Bar. She speaks fluent French, English and Greek and has a working knowledge of Spanish. She completed her studies in France and the United Kingdom. She obtained her law degree and master’s degree from the Universities of Panthéon-Assas and Descartes. Subsequently, she focused on international dispute resolution and graduated with distinction from the LLM Program of Comparative and International Dispute Resolution at the Queen Mary University of London. Prior to joining Aceris Law, Alexandra worked in various French and international law firms, including Teynier Pic, a boutique firm specialized in international dispute resolution, and at the international arbitration department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher in Paris.

Anastasia Tzevelekou

Associate at Aceris Law LLC Anastasia Tzevelekou is an arbitration lawyer based in London. She speaks English, French and Greek. Anastasia holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from the London School of Economics, as well as an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law, both from Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. Prior to joining Aceris Law, Anastasia worked for two years at KPV Legal, a boutique arbitration/litigation firm in Athens, assisting with international arbitration cases.

Marta Milanovic

Paralegal at Aceris Law LLC. Marta is a Serbian national who holds a Master’s degree in International Law, Foreign Trade and International Relations from ISDE in Spain, a law degree from the University of Belgrade, Serbia, and a degree in Finance and Banking from the Belgrade Banking Academy in Serbia. She speaks English, Serbian, Croatian and Spanish fluently and has a working knowledge of French and German. During her studies, she participated in several moot courts and completed a Business Negotiations program at New York University in the United States. Prior to joining Aceris, she worked as a trainee at JAP Lawyer, a boutique law firm in Barcelona.

Michael Hodgson

Associate at Aceris Law Michael Hodgson, Junior Associate at Aceris Law, is a UK-US educated arbitration lawyer based in London. He is fluent in English and French, and also speaks Russian. Michael studied at the University of Sussex, England, where he graduated with a first-class law degree, and the University of Michigan, United States, where he earned a James B. Angell award and became an advocate for UNICEF U of M. Prior to joining Aceris, Michael was an intern at a leading litigation firm in London and has worked on projects for the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization. He has also worked with Thomson Reuters to teach Westlaw Advanced certification.

Senior Associate at Aceris Law LLC As an international arbitration lawyer with more than five years 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 and French fluently and has basic knowledge of Portuguese. She is admitted to the Serbian Bar.

Associate at Aceris Law Sidney Larsen, has studied law in both the United States, at the American University Washington College of Law, and in France, at the University Paris Nanterre. She also holds a Master’s Degree in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from American University. Of American origin, Sidney speaks English and French. Prior to joining Aceris Law, Sidney interned at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and completed several internships with various United States government agencies. She has notably been involved in arbitrations under the ICC and ICSID rules of arbitration.

William Kirtley

Partner at Aceris Law LLC The international arbitration lawyer William Kirtley, Managing Partner of Aceris Law LLC, is a Franco-American Harvard-, Columbia- and Sorbonne-trained lawyer with two decades of experience specialising in international commercial arbitration, investor-State arbitration and international construction arbitration. He is a member of the New York Bar, the Washington Bar and an Avocat au Barreau de Paris (en omission). He has served as arbitration counsel or arbitrator in disputes on all continents, under the UNCITRAL, ICC, ICSID, SCC, LCIA, JAMS, ICDR, CICA, CIArb, PCA, SIAC, DIAC, AFA and many other arbitration rules. Previously a Partner at a well-regarded Paris arbitration boutique, he was a member of the international arbitration practice groups of Shearman & Sterling and Salans (now Dentons) in Paris, after serving as an American Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in the Ivory Coast and working at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has served as lead counsel in dozens of international commercial, construction and investment arbitrations and has authored numerous academic articles concerning international arbitration in leading journals. He is a member of the International Arbitration Institute, regularly speaks on international dispute resolution topics, has taught at the Universities of Paris X and Paris II – Assas-Panthéon for many years, is a co-founder of the IAA Network and has served as an expert for the World Bank on ADR legislation.