Lucia Raimanova Bio

Lucia is Co-Managing Partner of Bratislava. She is a solicitor-advocate of England & Wales with 20 years of experience in high-stakes investment treaty and commercial arbitration across the world, as well as in major construction disputes. Lucia practised with the firm in London and Hong Kong before relocating to Bratislava to lead the firm’s arbitration practice in the CEE. She has been repeatedly named a Thought Leader in Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal. Lucia regularly appears for corporate clients and States in investment treaty and commercial arbitration proceedings seated in both civil and common law jurisdictions (e.g. Geneva, London, Paris, Vienna) and under all the major arbitration rules (e.g. ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, SRIA, UNCITRAL, VIAC). The combined value of disputes Lucia has handled exceeds US$20 billion. Lucia has experience in arbitration-related litigation in the English and Indian courts, having secured a number of judgments in favour of her clients, including successfully challenging awards and securing injunctions. She also represented clients before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Lucia currently serves on the Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (‘VIAC’), the Board of the British Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and the Board of the Arbitration Association of Central and Eastern Europe (of which she is also a founding member). She is also a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and sits as arbitrator. Lucia is fluent in English, German, Slovak and Czech and can read Russian.