Diana Tsutieva is an experienced international dispute resolution attorney in Foley Hoag’s International Litigation and Arbitration Department. She focuses her practice on international investment arbitration, public international law matters, and international commercial arbitration. Diana is dual-qualified in common law and civil law, admitted to practice in several jurisdictions in the United States and in Paris, France. She is fluent in English, Russian and French.
Diana has particular experience representing States, State-owned and private entities and individuals in international disputes. She has represented sovereign States and/or State-owned entities in arbitration proceedings administered by ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and other institutions. She has represented clients in matters involving regulatory actions in the oil and gas industry, mining, financial services and healthcare; environmental claims; and issues of corruption and bribery.
Diana has also represented States in disputes involving sovereignty claims and maritime and land boundary delimitations. She has advised States on a wide range of public international law issues, including interpretation of and compliance with treaty obligations, enforcement and recognition of arbitral awards, international human rights, humanitarian law, and international cultural property law. She has also advised clients in OFAC delisting proceedings.
Diana is a member of the legal taskforce working on creating an international arbitration center for the Horn of Africa, under the auspices of Djibouti Chamber of Commerce and the Djibouti-headquartered Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Diana serves as a Co-Chair of the Dispute Resolution Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, and as a Vice-Chair of the Eurasia/Russia Committee of the ABA Section of International Law, which unites ABA members around the world interested in the countries of the Eurasian region, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Diana was named a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal - Arbitration in 2018 and 2019. WWL says: “Diana Tsutieva wins widespread international praise for her impressive work handling both complex investment and commercial arbitration proceedings.”
Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Diana worked at a major international law firm in Paris, France, where she represented multinational corporations in M&A transactions, advised on and drafted stock and/or asset sales and purchase agreements, and provided general business law advice under French, E.U. and U.S. laws. Diana also served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Judith M. Barzilay at the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York.
