Investment Arbitration

Barbora Šnáblová 

Barbora brings over 20 years of experience as an international arbitration specialist (previously with Weil, Gotshal & Manges and DLA Piper). She advises both companies and sovereign governments in arbitrations under various procedural rules as well as with claims under bilateral investment treaties. She holds an LLM from the London School of Economics.

Barbora has represented clients in litigation across a variety of sectors – including banking, real estate, gaming, telecommunications and energy. She is well versed with enforcing arbitral awards globally. As a registered attorney with the Czech Bar Association, Barbora can assist with various legal matters relating to the European Union and has conducted proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.

Aside of commercial law, Barbora is an alumnus of ISDE (Madrid) and holds a Masters in Sports Law. She is an Arbitrator with the National Arbitration Court for Sports (Czech Republic) - adjudicating over disputes related to doping and disciplinary issues involving athletes. In addition, Barbora is a member of the Arbitration Commission of the Czech Paralympic Committee.

Since 2017, Barbora has been a member of the Arbitration Commission of the Czech Basketball Federation – determining disputes between members such as clubs, athletes and coaches.

Investment Treaty and Commercial Arbitration experience:

  • Advising an investor on restructuring and pre-dispute strategy in relation to investments in the energy sector in the Czech Republic and other European countries.

  • Representing two Cypriot entities against a sovereign state under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules regarding the cancellation of licenses under a changed regulatory regime.

  • Advising a major European producer of electric energy in relation to investment claims against the Republic of Bulgaria.

  • Representing a sovereign state against a German investor under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in relation to real estate investment and related business.

  • Representing a sovereign state against a Canadian investor under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in relation to investment in the aviation manufacturing industry.

  • Representing a sovereign state against a Dutch investor under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in relation to investment in the banking industry and denial of state aid.

  • Representing a Dutch investor against a sovereign state in relation to investment in the banking sector.

  • Representing Dutch investors in setting aside proceedings against a sovereign state.