Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

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Overview

Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group and is based in the New York office. Ms. Birkland represents ... Read Full Biography

Publications

Achmea Reaches the ECT: CJEU Rules That Intra-EU Arbitration under the ECT Is Also Incompatible with EU Law
8 September 2021

Mark W. Friedman
,
Ina C. Popova
,
Samantha J. Rowe
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Patrick Taylor
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Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland
,
Fanny Gauthier
,
Merryl Lawry-White
,
Mark McCloskey
,
Romain Zamour
International Bar Association: Perspectives in Practice of the UNIDROIT Principles 2016
13 February 2020

International Bar Association

Ina C. Popova
,
Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland
Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators: A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas
18 September 2019

Ina C. Popova
,
Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

Upcoming Events

Recent Events

2023 The Year of Near or Full Financial Crisis? An Update of Investment Arbitration In Financial Services: The World of Banking, Prudential Measures, and Sovereign Bonds
25 May 2023

World Arbitration Update

WAU 2023

Virtual

Speaker: Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

Speaking Engagements
Record-Breaking International Arbitration Awards – Is International Arbitration an Effective Remedy?
26 July 2021

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation’s Annual Institute

Webcast

Speaker: Natalie L. Reid, Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

Speaking Engagements
Opening Statements and Fact Witness Cross Examination
5 May 2021

American Bar Association

International Arbitration Skills Masterclass

Webcast

Speaker: Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

Speaking Engagements
Investor-State Dispute Settlement as A Norm-Generating System
31 March 2018

Harvard International Law Journal

Harvard ILJ 2018 Symposium: Frontiers of International Law

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Speaker: Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland

Speaking Engagements

Berglind Halldorsdottir Birkland is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group and is based in the New York office. Ms. Birkland represents and advises both corporations and sovereign States in investor-State and commercial disputes in a range of industries, including mining, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, and financial services. She also advises investment firms and asset managers in evaluating investments in international claims or arbitration awards.Ms. Birkland is actively involved in the firm’s pro bono practice, particularly in the areas of immigrant rights and media freedom. She is currently leading Debevoise’s representation of two dozen Afghan asylum seekers in the United States, including young female professionals and college students as well as journalists and media workers. In recognition of her commitment to such pro bono work, she has twice been awarded the Legal Aid Society’s Pro Bono Publico Award for outstanding pro bono service. She was also part of a team recognized by the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice at its Celebration of Pro Bono Excellence for work preparing submissions to the International Criminal Court.Ms. Birkland joined the firm in 2009. She received a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 2009 where she was a notes editor of the New York University Law Review. She received a B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota in 2006. Ms. Birkland speaks frequently on international investment law and has guest-lectured at NYU Law School and the University of Minnesota Law School. She has served as a faculty member at the ABA International Law Section’s International Arbitration Skills Masterclass and the Cross Examination Moot hosted by Sciences Po Law School. She served on the organizing committee for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law.Ms. Birkland’s recent publications include “Record-Breaking International Arbitration Awards – Is International Arbitration an Effective Remedy?” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Institute (2021) (with Natalie Reid) and “Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators: A Transnational Study of Legal and Ethical Dilemmas,” ICSID Review (2019) (with Ina Popova).Ms. Birkland is a member of the Bars of New York and Minnesota. She is a native speaker of Icelandic.