Mrs Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher > Volterra Fietta > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mrs Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher
Position
Associate at Volterra Fietta
Career
Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher is an English-qualified solicitor. She advises sovereign States, State-owned companies and private parties in international dispute proceedings, as well as in non-contentious matters concerning public international law. Legal 500 has named her a key lawyer at Volterra Fietta for public international law and international arbitration.
Magdalena advises States as well as private parties and international organisations (including UN specialised agencies) on public international law issues ranging from immunities, treaty interpretation to State responsibility. She has represented States before the International Court of Justice, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, English courts and in investment treaty arbitrations, such as Bahrain, Barbados, Ghana and Grenada. She has acted for clients on commercial arbitrations under the SIAC, ICC and LCIA rules.
She holds a law degree from the University of Oxford and an LLM in International Legal Studies from the New York University School of Law.
Prior to joining Volterra Fietta, Magdalena worked for four years at a Magic Circle law firm in London (with a secondment in Paris), where she gained experience in international commercial arbitration, complex commercial litigation and investment treaty arbitration. Magdalena worked as a research assistant in public international law and human rights during university and at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, as well as a legal trainee at the European Court of Human Rights.
Magdalena provides training on public international law issues, such as immunities, to governments and embassies around the world. She has co-lectured with Robert Volterra at King’s College London on evidence before international courts and tribunals.
Languages
English, Polish, French
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
(Leading associates)Exclusively focused on public international law, Volterra Fietta represents states, international organisations, and private parties on ICJ cases, maritime boundary issues, and investment treaty arbitrations, including ICSID claims. The practice is also expert in state immunity cases before the English courts, the laws of war and international humanitarian legislation, along with WTO matters, international trade law, international human rights and state responsibility. ‘One of the best public international lawyers of his generation’, Robert Volterra
represents governments, international organisations and private clients in an array of public international law and international dispute resolution issues; and Peter Flint acts for states and investors in disputes involving investment treaties and host state investment protection legislation. The practice further showcases Gunjan Sharma, whose ‘strategic guidance is clear and comprehensive’; state-to-state disputes expert Ahmed Abdel Hakam, whose investment treaty caseload covers the energy and natural resources sector; and Angela Ha, who is experienced in international human rights, the Law of the Sea, international investment law, sovereign immunities, the laws of war, and land and maritime boundary disputes Florentine Vos, Ben Burnham and Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher are also key team members.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Public international law London > Dispute resolution