E&A Law

ANA STANIČ

Biography

Ana Stanič

Ana founded E&A Law in 2007 following 12 years of working in government and major legal firms. Based in London since 1998, she has always operated internationally and is multilingual. She specialises in providing tailored advice and legal representation services to states, international institutions and energy companies in the fields of Energy, Dispute Resolution and EU and International Law.

Ana’s vision in founding E&A Law was in direct response to clients’ desire for an independent firm that could work flexibly, interdisciplinary and quickly to address their needs. This is not always possible within the structure of large traditional law firms.

In the field of energy she advises on high-level strategic questions, with experience in fields such as maritime border disputes, oil and gas resources straddling boundaries, concession agreements to construct large energy infrastructure projects, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and host-government agreements to build pipelines.

Ana also advises on EU law, particularly in Energy, Environment and State Aid, and how it relates to international law. She regularly acts as counsel in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations including gas price reviews. She has also appeared in the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-406/08 Uniplex) (Case C-220/01 Lennox) and given evidence before the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Parliament (link).

She is reputed for her expertise in dealing with state-to-state matters, an area of strong growth for the firm in 2014. She has extensive experience in negotiating international agreements on behalf of states as well as with law and regulation drafting.

The regions where Ana has most experience include the EU, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and the Eastern Mediterranean. Ana is a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the English and Australian courts, as well as the Court of Justice of the European Union. Since 2020 she is also an Irish Solicitor.

She is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague since August 2019.

With 25 years of experience in international dispute resolution, Ana is now regularly sitting as arbitrator in complex energy and contractual disputes. She became a member of Arbitra International in July 2024. For more information on her arbitrator expertise go to Arbitrator Profile.

In July 2024 Ana joined Arbitra International as an arbitrator and mediator.

Commendations

Listed as one of the top 5 UK Energy (Power) lawyers in 2024 and in the top 11 UK Energy (Oil and Gas) lawyers in 2023 by Chambers & Partners.

"[Ana] can turn her hand to concepts and strategies outside of most lawyers' remit." Legal 500, 2019

"Ana Stanič is a very able and experienced lawyer, she is a real star." Legal 500, 2016

"E&A Law Limited’s Ana Stanič is a sought-out adviser to governments and energy companies on PIL issues." Legal 500, 2015.

"Ana Stanič of E&A Law Limited offers clients a deep understanding of EU regulatory frameworks surrounding complex oil and gas projects." Chambers & Partners, 2015.

“We see no other lawyer in the market with a practice comparable to that of Ana Stanič, founder of E&A Law. The independent structure of the firm has been highly successful with clients as it facilitates high levels of flexibility and specialisation around client needs. Ana has become the lawyer of choice to states and global energy sector players,” Legal 500, 2014

“She is very thorough, very dedicated, she puts in lots of effort and she has a wide range of knowledge, so we hold her in very high esteem. She is very responsible with her fees,too,” client comment to IFLR 1000, 2014

“Encyclopaedic knowledge” of EU energy regulations. Chambers & Partners, 2014.

 

Thought leader

Ana is currently teaching energy law at the Technische Universität in Berlin and public international law at UIBE in China. She has written and spoken extensively on the firm’s key areas of expertise and appears at high-level conferences in the EU, East Mediterranean, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Slovenia and Croatia, and other countries including Flame, Gastech, Bled Strategic Forum, and BMW Foundation. She has given expert evidence to the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Parliament on the inter-relationship between EU and international law as well as to other international institutions. She is regularly invited by governments, international institutions and leading companies to partake in brain-storming and high-level discussions including those organized by Wilton Park, ERRA and UNCTAD.

Ana is a member of the Court of Arbitrators of the PCA in The Hague. She is on the International Advisory Board of VIAC and the Advisory Board of the Brussels Energy Club (BREC) (link) and had been a member of the Advisory Committee of the BMW Foundation’s European Round Table process aiming at refocusing the EU from a citizen’s perspective from 2017 to 2020 (link).

Ana has been a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR in the CEE at the invitation of the ICC since 2017. From 2018 to 2024 she was one of Australia’s members of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She is on the panel of arbitrators of inter alia BAC, CIETAC, ICDR, VIAC, GIAC as well as the Polish, Slovenian and Croatia Arbitration Centres.

 

About Ana

Born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia, Ana grew up and was educated in Serbia, Italy, Australia and the UK.

Her mother tongues are English, Slovenian and Serbian/Croatian. She also speaks Italian and Catalan, has a good understanding of French and a basic understanding of Spanish, Russian and Macedonian.

Ana is a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in the English, Irish and Australian courts and has appeared before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Education summary

LLM, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, UK, First-class honours
LLB, University of New South Wales, Australia
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Banking), University of New South Wales, Australia
International Baccalaureate, United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy

 

Summary of professional career

Before establishing E&A Law, Ana Stanic worked in a number of government roles and in leading UK and US international law firms in London.

 

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