Madina Lokova

International Attorney, Washington, DC

Biography

Overview

Madina practices with the Arbitration Group in the Firm's Washington, D.C. office, and her practice focuses on investment and commercial arbitration and complex commercial disputes. She represents foreign sovereigns and private companies in high-stakes cases before major arbitral institutions such as the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and in ad hoc arbitrations under the rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

At the University of Miami, Madina was a White & Case / Carolyn B. Lamm Scholarship recipient. She currently serves on the Executive Board of the American University Business Law Review.

Over the years, Madina has been actively involved in several international moot court competitions, including the Foreign Direct Investment Moot Court Competition, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court, and Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. In addition, she is an active member of the American Bar Association and currently serves on several Committees at the ABA and the ABA Young Lawyers Division.

Prior to joining White & Case, Madina practiced law at several global and national law firms and at a major asset-management company in Switzerland and Russia.

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar
New York State Bar
Russian Federation
Education
Master of Law
University of Miami School of Law
Juris Doctor
Moscow State University
Languages
English
Russian
German
Circassian

Experience