Miljana Bigović
Senior Associate
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Stockholm
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Miljana Bigović is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution group at DLA Piper Sweden. She holds an LL.M. in International Commercial Arbitration Law from Stockholm University and an LL.M. in International Investment Protection and Banking Law (summa cum laude) from the University of Novi Sad. Miljana is also currently an LL.M. candidate at Harvard Law School and a qualified attorney in the Republic of Serbia. Miljana has extensive experience in representing clients in international arbitration proceedings, seated in Sweden and abroad.
Before joining DLA Piper, Miljana worked in the arbitration group at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London and also served as a research assistant at Stockholm University. Miljana also completed a secondment with the international arbitration group of DLA Piper’s Paris office. Throughout her legal education, she was recognized with numerous prestigious awards for academic excellence, including being named valedictorian of the University of Novi Sad and receiving scholarships from the Swedish Government and Stockholm University for her studies in Sweden. Miljana is also a regular speaker at international conferences and seminars on the topic of international arbitration.
Qualifications
Professional background
Senior Associate, DLA Piper Sweden KB
2024-
Seconded Associate, DLA Piper France LLP
2023-2024
Associate, DLA Piper Sweden KB
2020-2024
International Arbitration Intern, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
2020
Trainee, DLA Piper Sweden KB
2019
Research Assistant, Stockholm University
2019
Student Intern, The Ombudsman of the Republic of Serbia
2017
Student Intern, Basic Court in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia
2016
Education
Certificate in Private International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law
2022
Master of Laws in International Investment Protection and Banking Law, University of Novi Sad
2020
Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University
2019
Bachelor of Laws (Summa Cum Laude), University of Novi Sad
2018
Certificate in The Main Features of the European Legal Systems, University of Salzburg
2017
Memberships
Bar Association of Serbia (Vojvodina Bar Association)
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration)
Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA) below 40
Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS)
Experience
Associate at DLA Piper, Stockholm (Sweden)
Represented a Swiss company in a EUR 15 million SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm against a Lithuanian company working with financial derivatives
Represented one of the largest green-energy suppliers in Europe in an SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm regarding a EUR 170 million construction project in the north of Sweden
Represented a Danish company in an SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm filing a lost profit claim under Romanian law concerning a multi-million-euro wind farm project in Tulcea, Romania
Represented a Swedish subsidiary of an Italian company specialized in renewables in a dispute with a Swedish wind turbine manufacturer regarding an extension of time (EoT) claim under an EUR 120 million EPC contract
Represented a Canadian company specialized in forestry in a Stockholm-seated SCC arbitration with Swedish law governing the issues of alleged defects in a packaging machine produced by a Swedish manufacturer
Advised a funder on the issues of enforcement of an EUR 150 million arbitral award rendered in the investment arbitration case PL Holdings S.a.r.l. v Republic of Poland in Sweden
Represented two Finnish companies in an SCC arbitration governed by Swedish law in a dispute arising out of an M&A transaction
Represented a leading US-based cryptocurrency company in an arbitration before the SCC concerning the sale of property in Sweden with Swedish law governing the merits of the case
Involved in a preliminary assessment of an investor's possibility to commence investment arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Georgia before ICSID
Active in the group's international business development practice: established the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot in Stockholm, translated the SCC Arbitration Rules and SCC Rules for Expedited Arbitration to Serbian language
Organized, attended and spoke at a number of arbitration conferences in Sweden and abroad (see section Seminars)
Seconded Associate at DLA Piper, Paris (France)
Representing a French subsidiary of an international oil and gas producer based in Canada in a EUR 12 million ICC arbitration against a French subsidiary of a Norwegian mining company
Representing a French company in mediation proceedings administered by CIAM in Madrid
Representing a Chinese state-owned enterprise specialized in importing new technologies in a multi-million-euro commercial arbitration initiated against a Finnish supplier of innovative technologies; Finnish law governing the merits
Involved in the preliminary assessment of a Swiss investor's possibility to commence arbitration under the ICSID Convention against the Republic of Georgia
Speaking engagements
Seminars
Speaker at the Official Launch of the SCC Rules in Serbian, moderating a panel discussion titled "SCC Rules – ensuring Reliable, Modern and Swift Dispute Resolution" in Belgrade
2024
Expert invited by the US Department of Commerce (Commercial Law Development Program) conducting a week-long training for students of over 10 universities participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot competition in Vienna
2022-2024
Guest lecturer at the Stockholm University's Summer School on Arbitration, teaching a class on the constitution of arbitral tribunals and the powers and duties of arbitrators
2020-2024
Speaker at the DIS40 and Serbian Arbitration Association Under 40 Event, moderating a panel discussion entitled "Arbitration Backstage: How to Choose, Prepare and Cross-Examine Fact and Expert Witnesses – Standards and Trends" in Belgrade, Serbia
2024
Panelist at the 13th International Commercial Arbitration Conference in connection with the Tbilisi Pre-Moot in the Republic of Georgia
2024
Speaker at the MAA XVIII Annual Generations in Arbitration Conference on the topic of "Is Arbitration Woefully Inadequate to Cater to Disputes of the Future" in Hong Kong
2024
Speaker at the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot, moderating a panel discussion on "How to Win a Case (In and Out of the Vis Moot)" in Stockholm, Sweden
2023
Panelist at the 12th International Commercial Arbitration Conference in connection with the Tbilisi Pre-Moot in the Republic of Georgia
2023
Speaker at the MAA webinar on the topic of "How to Draft a Persuasive Memorandum for Claimant"
2022
Panelist at the AIJA Double Seminar entitled "Arbitration in Times of Change - New Lands and Frontiers in Arbitration" in Berlin, Germany
2022
Guest lecturer in arbitration at O.P. Jindal Global University, teaching a class on arbitral award recognition and enforcement
2022
Moderator of an ICAL AA webinar entitled "Oiling the Wheels: Draft a Winning Vis Moot Memo"
2021