About Maria Pihlak

Maria Pihlak is a partner at Sorainen and the head of its regional International Arbitration subgroup. As a dual-qualified attorney (Estonia and New York), she mainly assists clients in international arbitration proceedings. Ms Pihlak successfully represented the first-ever Estonian investor to initiate an international investment arbitration case against a foreign country at ICSID and has over ten years of experience bringing and defending cases under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, SCC, FAI and UNCITRAL. She is a founding member of the Estonian Arbitration Association and recognised as the leading arbitration practitioner in Estonia by legal directories such as Chambers.