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Amanda Tuninetti

Special Counsel

Washington +1 202 662 5159

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    Amanda Tuninetti counsels companies and states in complex international disputes. She represents clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations, as well as public international law disputes, before international courts and tribunals.

    Her practice also involves the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and agreements to arbitrate before U.S. district courts and courts of appeal. She has experience advising companies, governments, and trade associations on issues of international trade and investment law and policy.

    Amanda is an adjunct professor of international law at The George Washington University Law School and maintains an active pro bono practice helping individuals in U.S. immigration matters and under international human rights law.

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    • Representation of Ukraine against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice in a case under the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
    • Representation of Ukraine against the Russian Federation in an arbitration under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea.
    • Representation of ICSID and non-ICSID award creditors in enforcement proceedings in U.S. courts.
    • Representation of judgment creditors of Venezuela in execution proceedings against state-owned assets in U.S. courts.
    • Representation of a U.S. investor in a treaty arbitration under NAFTA Chapter 11.
    • Representation of a state-owned enterprise in commercial arbitration conducted under the ICDR Rules.
    • Representation of a biopharmaceutical company in commercial arbitration conducted under the ICC Rules.
    • Representation of an infrastructure investor in Crimea in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules.
    • Representation of multinational company in intellectual property dispute under the ICDR Rules.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Princeton University, Public and International Affairs, A.B., 2011
        • summa cum laude
    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2016
    Bar Admissions
    • District of Columbia
    • New York
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
    Languages
    • Spanish
    • French
    Pro Bono
    • Representing asylum-seekers in the United States.
    • Drafted amicus brief on behalf of the Clooney Foundation for Justice on international human rights violations.
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Adjunct Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
    • American Society of International Law, Member
    • Salzburg Cutler Fellow (2015)

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