GBS Disputes

Marija is or was part of the team advising and/or representing:

• An African oil and gas producer in two disputes against an international oil company. The first dispute concerns inflated cost recovery claimed and collected by the IOC’s predecessor in title under 11 concession agreements, while the second dispute relates to the determination of the price of crude sold under these concessions. The law of the African State applies. More than USD 250 million is at stake.
• Pharmaceutical group Sanofi in an ICC arbitration in Geneva initiated by Boehringer Ingelheim that arose out of an acquisition and concerned liability relating to third party claims. Swiss law applied. The Tribunal fully dismissed the claims against Sanofi seeking indemnification for potential losses in connection with ongoing mass tort litigation in the United States.
• International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) (an affiliate of Mubadala Investment Company PJSC), Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Paris initiated by Real Madrid football club. The dispute arose from a sponsorship agreement related to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium. Spanish law applied and over EUR 550 million was at stake. The Arbitral Tribunal, ruling by a majority, dismissed Real Madrid’s EUR 550 claims in their entirety.
• Ukraine, Respondent in an SCC arbitration in Stockholm brought by VEB.RF. The dispute related to sanctions and other measures allegedly targeting Russian banks in Ukraine after 2014. The claims were brought under the 1998 Ukraine-Russian Federation bilateral investment treaty.
• Ukraine in an ICSID arbitration initiated by Emergofin B.V. and Velbay Holdings under the Ukraine-Netherlands bilateral investment treaty (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/35). The dispute related to an aluminium and alumina production company.
• Rasia FZE and Joseph K. Borkowski, Claimants in an ICSID arbitration brought against the Republic of Armenia under the U.S.-Armenia bilateral investment treaty and two concession agreements concluded with the State (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/28). The dispute arose out of two concession agreements to develop, maintain and operate both a rail network and a high speed road network in Southern Armenia. Over USD 260 million was at stake.
• Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), Claimants in a CRCICA arbitration in Cairo with East Mediterranean Gas S.A.E. (EMG), arising out of a long term gas supply contract between EGAS, EGPC and EMG.
• The majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company in relation to the enforcement proceedings before the U.S. and U.K. courts of the USD 50 billion awards rendered in the arbitrations brought by the shareholders against the Russian Federation concerning the unlawful treatment and expropriation of their investments in Yukos.

Pro bono

•  Amicus Curiae Brief before the Superior Court of Québec in the matter of Hypertec Real Estate Inc. v. Equinix Canada Ltd. (appointed by the Court in a setting aside proceedings).  The Amicus Curiae Brief addressed (i) the concept of party consent as a fundamental tenet of international arbitration; (ii) an arbitral tribunal’s mandate to resolve disputes specifically referred to it for its determination, including the submission of additional claims and defences throughout the arbitration proceedings; and (iii) the functus officio doctrine.

Education

• Harvard Law School, LL.M.
• Geneva Law School and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement
• Sapienza Università di Roma, Second Level Master in International Commercial Law
• University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, LL.B.

Admissions & Courts

• New York
• Serbia

Languages

• Serbian
• Croatian
• English
• Italian
• French

Nationality

• Serbian

• Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Permanent Arbitration at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
• Member, Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
• Member, ICDR Young & International
• Member, LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
• Co-founder, Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association (HIALSA)

• “Cenni sulla legislazione serba in materia d’investimenti esteri [Notes on the Serbian foreign investment legislation],” 2013(3) Quaderni di Geopolitica 13 (co-author)
• “Frivolous Claims in International Adjudication: A Study of ICSID Rule 41(5) and of Procedures of Other Courts and Tribunals to Dismiss Claims Summarily,” Journal of International Dispute Settlement 137 (2012) (co-author)
• “Njujorška konvencija o priznanju i izvršenju arbitražnih odluka [The New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards],” 2009(4) Pravni Život 643
• “Izvršni postupak i povreda prava na pravično suđenje – evropski kontekst i novo srpsko zakonodavstvo [Enforcement and the Right to a Fair Trial – The European Context and New Serbian Legislation],” 2009(2) Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu 354 (co-author)