She specializes in investor-state and international commercial arbitration, with a particular emphasis on disputes arising out of bilateral investment treaties. Svetlana has a wide experience in the representation of private-sector companies and sovereign states or state-owned entities in investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations arising from a wide range of disputes, particularly in construction, agriculture, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors. Svetlana’s experience includes arbitration proceedings under the auspice of major arbitral institutions, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Svetlana has recently been involved in several high-stakes arbitrations arising from large infrastructure projects in Africa, many of which involve Turkish entities.

Svetlana also lectures on international arbitration at Yeditepe University Law School in Istanbul, Turkey.