
Alexandra van der Meulen
Alexandra is a partner in our International Arbitration group. She specializes in public international law, investment arbitration, and international commercial arbitration. Alexandra has acted as counsel for States before the International Court of Justice, including for Chile in its maritime boundary dispute against Peru and in a dispute with Bolivia concerning Bolivia’s claim to sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean. In 2020, she appeared as advocate for Bahrain in two parallel appeals from decisions of the ICAO Council in cases brought by Qatar against Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain. She has also appeared as counsel in institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings, including under the ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID, ICSID additional facility, and UNCITRAL Rules. · Freshfields LLP
About
Alexandra van der Meulen is a partner in Freshfields LLP's International Arbitration group, specializing in public international law, investment arbitration, and international commercial arbitration. She has acted as counsel for States before the International Court of Justice and in institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- Admitted to practice in Paris and New York
- University of Fribourg (annual course on international commercial arbitration)
- Université Paris 5 (annual course on international dispute settlement)
- King's College, London (visiting international law lecturer)
Admissions
- Paris
- New York