Laura Halonen is a Finnish native and an English solicitor who has advised clients in international investment and commercial arbitrations for 20 years. She has worked on some of the world’s leading ISDS cases as counsel and currently also acts as arbitrator in commercial disputes.
English · Finnish · French
Laura holds MA (Oxon) and BCL degrees from the University of Oxford. She has worked with the world’s leading arbitration teams in England, France and Switzerland before joining forces with WAGNER Arbitration in 2019.
Laura is regularly invited to speak and lecture on matters relating to investment law, advocacy and environmental impact of arbitrations among other topics. She teaches investment arbitration at the Humboldt University IDR LLM. She has published several articles, book chapters and case notes, mostly on investment arbitration.
Advising Kosovo and Albanian investors in the energy sector with regard to potential international investment law claims against a south-eastern European State
Representing German investor EMS Shipping & Trading GmbH in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Albania concerning a port concession dispute
Representing a Swiss energy investor in an UNCITRAL investor-state arbitration against an eastern European State
Representing German food manufacturer Hela-Schwarz GmbH in an ICSID arbitration against the People’s Republic of China concerning an expropriation dispute
Laura is passionate about many things apart from arbitration, but most recently she has devoted her energies to women’s health and in particular to Sisko, the startup that she has cofounded.