Heidi Yildiz

Barrister, The 36 Group

Heidi Yildiz practises international arbitration and commercial litigation as a barrister at 36 Stone, the 36 Group. She is also admitted to practise as an attorney in Finland and is a non-practising English solicitor, having previously practised for more than 12 years as a solicitor. In addition to her counsel practice, Heidi is developing a practice as an arbitrator. She is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has been admitted to the SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators.

Heidi is recognised in the Legal500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist UK 2022 and 2023 as a leading International Arbitration Counsel in the UK and has since 2018 been recognised by Who’s Who Legal Arbitration as one as one of the World's future arbitration leaders.

Heidi has nearly 15 years of experience as a counsel in complex and high-value international arbitration disputes, both of a private and public law nature. As counsel, Heidi has represented a broad range of clients across a range of different industry sectors in institutional arbitrations conducted under the ICC, LCIA, DIS, FAI, LMAA, UNCITRAL and PCA Rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations, governed by a variety of substantive and procedural laws. In addition to commercial litigation experience at English courts, she has gained a broad commercial litigation experience at all stages of a dispute and at all levels of court in Finland.

Heidi trained first as a solicitor in the London office of Wilmer Hale and upon qualification practiced international arbitration there until 2011. Her experience at WilmerHale included working as part of a team that successfully represented SPLM/A in the ground-breaking Abyei boundary delimitation proceedings against the Government of Sudan conducted under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague. Thereafter, she worked nearly ten years at a leading Finnish firm, Dittmar & Indrenius in Helsinki until she transferred to the English Bar in July 2021 and joined 36 Stone as a full member.

Contributed to

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Arbitration agreements—example domestic arbitration clause (England and Wales)

Practice Notes

This Practice Note gives an example of a domestic arbitration clause as suggested by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). The Practice Note considers the key aspects of the clause including its scope and the mechanism for appointment of the tribunal.

Arbitration

International arbitration clauses—ad-hoc

Practice Notes

This Practice Note gives an example of an ad hoc international arbitration clause (ie one that does not provide for the use of institutional rules) discussing each aspect of the clause including scope, procedure, seat, language and appointment of arbitrators.

Arbitration

International arbitration clauses—example institutional clause

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses an example of an international institutional arbitration clause. The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)’s model clause, which incorporates the LCIA Arbitration Rules (LCIA Rules), is used for this purpose. The Practice Note discusses key parts of the clause, including the scope, procedure, appointment of arbitrators, seat, language and governing law.

Arbitration

Remedies for breach of the arbitration agreement

Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the various remedies available to a party where an opposing party acts in breach of an arbitration agreement. It highlights the remedies of a stay under section 9 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), an anti-suit injunction, re-negotiation of the arbitration agreement and non-participation in the arbitration.

Arbitration

The seat of the arbitration

Practice Notes

This Practice Note addresses the importance of the arbitral seat (or the legal (juridical) seat of the arbitration; or the seat of arbitration; or arbitration seat) in an arbitration agreement or clause (sometimes referred to as the place of arbitration). This Practice Note considers how the seat will be determined both from the arbitration agreement and in circumstances where it has not been designated by the parties.

Arbitration

Practice Area

Arbitration

Panel

Contributing Author

Qualified Year

2021

Experience

Dittmar & Indrenius Attorneys at Law Ltd, Helsinki, Finland (2011 - 2021)
Wilmer Hale, London (2005 - 2011)

Membership

The Bar Council England and Wales
The Honourable Society of Inner Temple, London
Law Society of England and Wales
The Finnish Bar Association
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow
The Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators
Arbitral Women
LCIA
The Finnish Arbitration Association
Swiss Arbitration Association
The Scottish Arbitration Centre
Young Arbitrators Stockholm

Qualifications

Barrister in England and Wales, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (2021)
Attorney in Finland, the Finnish Bar Association (2017)
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (2009)

Education

Accelerated route to fellowship, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (North America Branch) (2021)
LLM in International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary University of London (2020)
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, BPP Law School, London (2004)
LLB (Honours), City, University of London (2003)

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