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Biography

Ms. Boltenko is a dispute resolution partner with Fangda Partners in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Fangda Partners in 2018, Ms. Boltenko practised with leading arbitration teams in Paris and Singapore. Ms. Boltenko is an investment and trade lawyer with over fifteen years of experience in public international law, investor-State dispute resolution, and commercial arbitration. She has acted as legal counsel in investor-State disputes under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the ICSID, the SCC, the ICC, the LCIA, and as a tribunal secretary in dozens of commercial disputes in a wide array of industries including oil and gas, mining, infrastructure, construction, telecommunications and pharmaceuticals, across Asia and beyond. Ms. Boltenko teaches a master of laws degree in arbitration and ADR with a focus on Belt & Road investment law at The University of Hong Kong, where she is a deputy executive director. She is also a professor of law at the Royal University of Law and Economics in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she teaches a course in investment law at the dual degree program with the Free University of Brussels. Ms. Boltenko is one of the longest-serving editors for the Investor-State Law Guide, where she contributes to the ongoing review and population of one of the leading investor-State databases. Ms. Boltenko has been consistently recognized in legal rankings, including by Who’s Who Legal, where she has been ranked over the years as a National Leader for Hong Kong and a Thought Leader Global Elite - Under 45. She is described as a “highly motivated and hard-working practitioner who stands out as an excellent choice for investor-state disputes”.