Christina G Hioureas

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Christina Hioureas is a partner and Global Co-Chair of Foley Hoag's International Litigation & Arbitration Department, and Chair of the firm’s United Nations practice group. Christina represents States, as well as private and State-owned entities in international disputes and public international law matters and advises States on matters before the United Nations and its bodies. She also serves as arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations. Hioureas is also a Visiting Professor of Law at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of law, where she teaches Critical Issues in Human Rights Law on the interplay between arbitration, inter-State proceedings, and human rights.

She has broad experience in international dispute resolution, including serving as counsel in investment treaty disputes (ICSID, UNCITRAL), international commercial arbitration (ICC, SIAC, LCIA, ICDR, AAA, UNCITRAL and Swiss Rules), and before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), and regional human rights tribunals. She also advises States on matters before the United Nations and its bodies, including the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. Ms. Hioureas also frequently serves as presiding, sole, emergency, and co-arbitrator UNCITRAL, ICC, ICDR, LCIA, and AAA Rules, having done so in over 50 disputes relating to construction, natural gas, renewables, hospitality, franchise, supply chain, pharmaceuticals, fashion, technology, civil rights, and cyber-security.

In 2024, Hioureas was recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Lawyers—North America by the Financial Times. She has also three times been awarded the Center for Justice and Accountability’s “Partners in Justice” award for her work on transitional justice in Somalia, Cambodia, and Chile. She has received repeated recognition from Chambers & Partners – Global and USA in the areas of Public International, International Arbitration, and as an Arbitrator; as well as by Who’s Who Legal - Arbitration as a “Thought Leader” and “Most Highly Regarded Partner- the Americas.”