Sonja Sreckovic > Debevoise & Plimpton LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Work Department

International Dispute Resolution

Position

Sonja Sreckovic is an associate based in London and a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and public international law. 

Ms. Sreckovic has represented a range of clients on a variety of contentious matters, including investor-state arbitrations, public international law disputes and high-value commercial arbitrations.

 Ms. Sreckovic has experience across multiple jurisdictions (notably Central and Southeast Europe, Russia and Africa) and a number of industries including mining, telecommunications and energy. She has acted in a range of commercial disputes, including those arising out of joint venture, shareholder, licensing and distribution agreements. She has experience of international arbitration under the main arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, NIAC and ICSID, and ad hoc arbitral proceedings under UNCITRAL rules.

Ms. Sreckovic has also advised clients before international and regional human rights bodies, including the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights. In particular, she has advised private individuals on claims arising under the European Convention of Human Rights (“ECHR”) and claims relating to violations of women’s rights under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (“CEDAW”). 

Memberships

Ms. Sreckovic is a member of several international arbitration organizations, including the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“Young ICCA”) and the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”).

Education

Ms. Sreckovic holds an LL.B. from the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law (where she graduated with Dean’s Honours in 2010), and obtained an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law in 2014, where she attended as a Global Hauser Scholar.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

A go-to firm for international arbitration‘, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s London group is routinely instructed on high-stakes mandates. Former UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith KC has longstanding experience in representing private parties and sovereign states in groundbreaking international arbitrations; London and Hong Kong-based Tony Dymond is ‘excellent for construction-related disputes‘; and commercial and investor-state arbitration expert Samantha Rowe and the ‘very impressivePatrick Taylor both work between the firm’s London and Paris offices. Within the firm’s international counsel pool, Gavin Chesneyhandles very sophisticated commercial arbitration issues‘, while Robert HooseAimee-Jane Lee and Conway Blake are also integral to the firm’s international arbitration offering. Laith NajjarShreya ArenMaxim Osadchiy, Sonja Sreckovic and Monika Hlavkova are the associates to note. In a major boost to the practice Jeffrey Sullivan KC, in July 2023, joined as partner and co-chair of international arbitration in Europe from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.