Shirin GURDOVA

Shirin Gurdova is an associate at Wordstone Dispute Resolution, specializing in international arbitration. She has represented corporations, state-owned entities and States, in international commercial arbitrations and investor-State disputes both ad hoc (UNCITRAL) and under the auspices of major arbitral institutions (ICC and ICSID). Her experience covers a wide range of sectors, including energy, construction and banking.

Before joining Wordstone, Shirin worked as an associate at an arbitration law firm in Paris and, prior to that, at the international arbitration practice of a global law firm in Ashgabat.

Shirin served as a Co-Chair of Young ICCA, a leading arbitration organization for young practitioners and students operating under the auspices of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) between 2022 and 2024.

Shirin is fluent in Turkmen, Russian, English, and Turkish and has a working proficiency in Iranian Farsi and French.