Maria KOSTYTSKA

Maria Kostytska is a Partner in International Arbitration and Litigation at the Paris office of K&L Gates LLP. She is an international arbitrator and litigator who is multi-lingual in English, French, Ukrainian, Russian and Spanish. She is admitted to the bars of New York, District of Columbia, Paris, England and Wales (barrister). Maria acts as lead counsel in investor-state, state-to-state and commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA and SCC Rules. Maria also serves as a presiding, sole and co-arbitrator. Her arbitration and litigation experience spans a variety of industrial sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, mining, banking, aviation and manufacturing.

Having previously served as a Court Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris for two consecutive terms, she is now Chair of the Arbitration Commission and Board Member of ICC Ukraine. She has also served as a founding Council Member of the Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC) in Tbilisi. She is also a member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Roster of International Arbitration of the International Arbitration Centre of AmCham Peru.

Maria is a lecturer at the Versailles University, Masters in Arbitration and International Commerce (MACI), where she lectures on investment arbitration. Early in her career, Maria has worked and undergone training at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Washington DC), World Bank’s Legal Department (Washington DC), ABA/CEELI (Washington DC), UNECE and UNEP (Geneva) and the European Parliament (Brussels).