Elgun Ganizade is an Azerbaijani-qualified lawyer, and an associate at Fietta LLP. His practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious matters of public international law and international arbitration. He represents and advises clients before international and regional adjudicative bodies.
Elgun’s previous experience includes assisting clients in various industries on several matters of cross-border transactions. He also has expertise in UN sanctions and international human rights law.
Elgun graduated with a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the George Washington University Law School, where he was a Merit Scholar, and received his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree with distinction from ADA University, where he was awarded multiple merit-based scholarships and selected to spend an exchange semester to study international law at the University of Geneva.
Prior to joining Fietta, Elgun gained experience at a global law firm, and spent time at the Permanent Mission of a developing country to the United Nations in Geneva, where he worked on issues related to different fields of international law and attended a number of official UN meetings.
Elgun’s full curriculum vitae is available here.