• Juris Doctor, American University, Washington College of Law (2012)
• Master of Arts, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University, Schoolof International Service (2013)
• Bachelor of Arts, Latin American Studies, Middlebury College (2007)

• New York State Bar

• Consultant, Arbitration Chambers (2023 – present)
• Independent International Arbitration Lawyer (2022 – present)
• Senior Associate, LALIVE (London) LLP (2019 – 2021)
• Associate, Fietta LLP (2016 – 2019)
• Associate, Volterra Fietta (2014 – 2016)
• Intern, Volterra Fietta (2013 – 2014)

• Arbitration
• International investment law
• Public international law
• Commercial contract disputes
• State contracts and regulation
• Energy, mining and infrastructure disputes

Zsófia has acted as tribunal secretary and counsel in many international arbitrations, including the following:- Assistant to the President of the Tribunal in The Republic of Azerbaijan v. The Republic of Armenia (PCA Case No. 2023-65), the first inter-state arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty concerning energy resources

• Assistant to a Panelist in Mexico – Measures Concerning Genetically Engineered Corn(MEX-USA-31-01), a dispute between the United States and Mexico under Chapter 31 of the USMCA
• Assistant to the Tribunal in British Caribbean Bank Limited & Prize Holdings International Limited v. The Government of Belize (PCA Case No. 2023-38), an investment treaty arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules concerning the development of a port
• Assistant to the Tribunals in Power China Hua Dong Engineering Corporation and China Railway 18th Bureau Group Company Ltd v. Socialist Republic of Vietnam (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/22/7 and ICSID Case No. ADM/23/1), parallel disputes involving a contract for the construction of a hydropower project
• Secretary to the Tribunal in an arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules concerning alleged breaches of an investment agreement and related tax issues
• Assistant to the Tribunal in Kris Energy Bangladesh Limited v. the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Oil Gas and Mineral Corporation (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/4),a dispute involving certain tax issues arising in connection with a production sharing contract
• Assistant to the Tribunal in Quanta Services Netherlands B.V. v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/1), an ICSID dispute over the construction and operation of telecommunications networks
• Assistant to the Tribunal in Daniel W. Kappes and Kappes, Cassiday & Associates v. Republic of Guatemala (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/43), a dispute under the DR-CAFTA involving the mining sector
• Assistant to the Tribunal in Digicel (Singapore) Private Limited v. Independent State of Papua New Guinea (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/18), a dispute involving a telecommunication enterprise
• Assistant to the President of the Tribunal in Aris Mining Corporation (formerly known as GCM Mining Corp. and Gran Colombia Gold Corp.) v. Republic of Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/23), an ICSID dispute involving a mining concession
• Assistant to the Tribunal in EBL (Genossenschaft Elektra Baselland) and Tubo Sol PE2S.L. v. Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/42), a dispute involving renewable energy generation
• Assistant to the Tribunal in KLS Energy Lanka Sdn. Bhd. v. Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/39), a dispute involving renewable energy generation
• Case manager for claimants’ counsel team in Prairie Mining Limited v. Republic of Poland, parallel UNCITRAL arbitrations under the Australia/Poland BIT and the Energy Charter Treaty and administered by the PCA concerning coking coal mines
• Co-case manager for respondent’s counsel team in Eugene Kazmin v. Republic of Latvia(ICSID Case No. ARB/17/5), an ICSID arbitration under the Latvia/Ukraine BIT concerning the tender process for a steel plant and its subsequent insolvency
• Co-case manager for claimant’s counsel team in a Geneva-seated ICC arbitration concerning pharmaceutical supply and manufacturing agreements
• Associate in the team representing the claimant in Mohamed Abdel Raouf Bahgat v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, an UNCITRAL arbitration under the Finland/Egypt BIT and administered by the PCA concerning an iron ore and steel production concession
• Associate in the team representing the claimants in City State N.V., Praktyka Asset Management Company, Crystal-Invest LLC and Prodiz LLC v. Ukraine (ICSID Case No. ARB/14/9), an ICSID arbitration under the Netherlands/Ukraine BIT concerning banking instruments
• Associate in the team representing the claimant in Big Sky Energy Corporation v. Republic of Kazakhstan (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/22), an ICSID arbitration under the United States/Kazakhstan BIT concerning exploration and development rights in three oil fields
• Associate in the team representing the respondent in Interocean Oil Development Company and Interocean Oil Exploration Company v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/20), an ICSID arbitration under a domestic investment law concerning an oil exploration and production joint venture
• Associate in the team representing the claimants in Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19), an ICSID arbitration under the Switzerland/Venezuela BIT concerning a nitrogen-based fertilizer production plant
• Associate in the team representing the claimant in Vigotop Ltd v. The Republic of Hungary (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/22), an ICSID arbitration under the Cyprus/Hungary BIT concerning a casino and resort concession
• Associate in the team representing the claimant in an ad hoc arbitration against an Eastern European State under the UNCITRAL Rules concerning the food industry
• Associate in the team representing the claimant in a London-seated ad hoc arbitration related to the energy industry

• Speaker at Young ICCA Skills Training Workshop - Cross-Examination of Experts (December 2025)
• Acted as presiding arbitrator in Pre-Vis Moot Portugal (March 2023)
• Prepared and held presentation on investor-state arbitration for a Portuguese law firm’s arbitration group (July 2022)
• Participant in panel discussion on Regional Trends in International Investment Arbitration: Fragmentation vs. a Global Approach at American University, Washington College of Law’s Annual Symposium on Salient Issues in International Arbitration (November 2019)
• Moderator of Young ITA Talk, The ICSID Secretariat’s Proposals for Rule Amendments: The Times They Are A-Changin’ (October 2018)
• Prepared and held presentation on maritime delimitation in the territorial sea for an Asian State’s officials (December 2017)
• Prepared and held presentation on the treatment of refugees in Hungary (July 2016)
• Prepared and held training on the “Settlement of International Investment Disputes: Practice under Ad Hoc Arbitration using UNCITRAL” for the African International Lawyers Association (September 2015)
• Prepared and held week-long training on the “Nature and Sources of Public International Law” for a Middle Eastern State’s government lawyers (October 2014)

• English (can conduct an arbitration fully)
• Hungarian (can conduct an arbitration fully)
• Spanish (can review evidence and submissions)
• French (can review evidence and submissions)
• Portuguese (conversational)

• Hungary
• Ireland
• United States