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Christina Hioureas is a partner and Global Co-Chair of Foley Hoag LLP’s International Litigation & Arbitration Department, and Chair of the firm’s United Nations Practice Group. She also serves on the firm’s Management Committee. Christina represents States and State-owned entities in international disputes and public international law matters before international courts and arbitral tribunals and the United Nations, including on matters involving climate change, human rights, decolonization, anti-corruption, technology, and energy. She has argued cases before all major arbitral bodies (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, AAA, SIAC, HKIAC, Swiss Rules) and before the United Nation’s principle judicial organ-- International Court of Justice (ICJ), International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, and regional human rights tribunals. She advises States on matters before the United Nations and its bodies (UN General Assembly and Security Council). Christina also frequently serves as presiding, sole, emergency, and co-arbitrator in international disputes. In 2024, Christina was recognized as one of the top 10 most Innovative Lawyers by the Financial Times. She has received recognition from Chambers & Partners – Global in the areas of Public International, International Arbitration, and as an Arbitrator, as well as by Who’s Who Legal- Arbitration as a “Thought Leader” and “Most Highly Regarded Partner- the Americas.” Christina is a Visiting Faculty member at the UCLA School of law and teaches “Critical Issues in Human Rights Law.”