Dr Maria Fogdestam Agius has been a partner and head of the dispute resolution group at Westerberg & Partners in Stockholm. Her practice focuses on public international law, international arbitration, and business and human rights. Maria holds a doctorate degree in public international law (Uppsala University, 2013) and has extensive experience as a public international law practitioner, spending six years with London boutique Volterra Fietta before joining Westerberg & Partners in 2020. She has extensive experience of both protecting foreign investments through international arbitration, advising individuals and companies on claims against governments and on the enforcement of awards against sovereign entities, as well as successfully defending the interests of respondent states in investment treaty arbitration at all stages of arbitration, including preliminary measures and annulment proceedings. Maria has appeared as an advocate before the International Court of Justice in the Hague and the Swedish Supreme Court in cases involving public international law. She regularly teaches international arbitration as International Adjunct Faculty at the Uppsala University Master’s Programme in Investment Treaty Arbitration and as Faculty at the American Bar Association’s International Arbitration Masterclass. She is included on the European Commission’s List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators for EU bilateral trade disputes.
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