For more than two decades, Ms. Niuscha Bassiri has acted as arbitrator and counsel in numerous international arbitrations under the major arbitral institutions and arbitration rules (CEPANI, DIFC-LCIA, DIS, ICC, LCIA, NAI, PCA, Swiss Rules, SCC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, Vienna Rules), including ad hoc.
The arbitrations in which Ms. Bassiri has been involved concern State entities and private entities alike, spanning a multitude of sectors such as banking, climate, construction (inc. FIDIC/MDB), energy (ECT), entertainment, finance, f & b, infrastructure, insurance, luxury and leisure, maritime equipment, mining, nuclear power, oil & gas, real estate, satellites, solar power plants, steel, telecommunication, third-party funding and wind parks and relating to diverse legal issues including corruption, distributorship, investment, joint ventures, licensing, post-M&A, sales of goods and shareholding.
Ms. Bassiri’s matters have been conducted at various seats, governed by a variety of substantive and procedural laws (including those of Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, England and Wales, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Iran, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Netherlands, New York, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE and Zimbabwe).
She is, amongst others, a lecturer in the Geneva LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) program on the New York Convention.
Peers describe her as “an excellent practitioner with experience involving Central and Eastern Europe” who “handles tricky situations as arbitrator with finesse and sound judgment”.
