Director
Languages spoken
English | Serbian/Croatian | Russian
Marija Šćekić is a director in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group, based in London. She has 15 years of experience in international arbitration, across a range of jurisdictions and industries, with a particular focus on energy, including gas pricing and oil exploration and production sharing disputes.
She has acted as counsel in both commercial and investment treaty disputes, under various arbitral rules, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules.
Representing a client in an UNCITRAL arbitration regarding an oil exploration and production sharing agreement.
Representing a client in an ICC arbitration regarding deliveries of natural gas imported into a European market.
Advising a client in relation to issues concerning commissioning under a liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales and purchase agreement.
Advising a client in relation to a long-term strategy for the sale of LNG to multiple buyers.
Advising a client in relation to an adjustment to the LNG price in expert determination proceedings.
Advising an Asian LNG buyer in an arbitration regarding cargo deliveries.
Advising a client in expert determination proceedings under a petroleum agreement.
Advising a client in a dispute concerning oil storage facilities.
Advising a client in a dispute arising from a commodities procurement contract.
Advised a client in relation to a potential ICC arbitration regarding deliveries of natural gas imported into a European market.
Represented a client in multiple gas price reviews under the UNCITRAL rules and the SCC rules, regarding natural gas imported into the Turkish market.
Represented a client in multiple gas price reviews under the ICC Rules, regarding natural gas imported into European markets.
Represented a European manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration sited in London, under English and Japanese law, involving claims related to a share purchase agreement.
Represented a European bank in ICSID investment arbitration proceedings against an Eastern European state.
Represented an Eastern European manufacturing company in an investment treaty claim against an Eastern European state.
Represented European investors in an investment treaty claim relating to financial services and real estate investments.
Recognised as a Future Leader in the last eight editions of the Lexology Arbitration Index:
“Marija Scekic is described by peers as ‘hardworking and one of a kind’. They add, ‘She is a total star with the ability to do complicated factual and legal analysis while also being able to connect with witnesses on a human level.’”
“Marija Scekic enjoys a strong reputation for her ‘ability to think outside of the box to solve complex problems’ as well as her ‘great track record’ in international arbitration.”
“Marija Scekic earns acclaim for her ‘clarity and sharp judgement,’ as well as her ‘ability to absorb huge amounts of technical detail,’ making her an ‘arbitration giant of the younger generation’.”
Marija Scekic is applauded as “absolutely phenomenal” with “a great reputation”.
Recognised in Euromoney’s LMG Rising Stars Expert Guide in the categories of commercial arbitration and the UK.
Speaking Engagements
Panelist, Harvard International Arbitration Conference, Cambridge, MA, March 2026.
Panelist, GAR Live: Women in Arbitration 2025, London, UK, December 2025.
Panelist, London International Disputes Week (LIDW), June 2025.
Panelist, XV Belgrade Arbitration Conference, April 2025.
Panelist, Balkan Arbitration Conference, Podgorica, Montenegro, October 2024.
Panelist, Berlin Dispute Resolution Days, September 2024.
Panelist, Global Disputes Summit, London, UK, July 2024.
Panelist, XIII Belgrade Arbitration Conference, March 2023.
Panelist, GAR Live: Vienna, Vienna, Austria, May 2022.
Panelist, Ninth Romanian National Conference on Commercial Law, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, June 2019.
Panelist, ICC YAF & Under 40 Section of the SAA Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2019.
Panelist, XI Belgrade Arbitration Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, April 2019.
Panelist, Centre for Advanced Research in Dispute Resolution: Tour de Arbitration, Paris, France, February 2019.
Panelist, ICC YAF & YCAP Joint Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, December 2018.
Panelist, ICC YAF Conference on the Occasion of the ICC Vis Pre-Moot, Paris, France, April 2017.
Panelist, YACF: Co-Chairs' Circle Second Global Conference, Helsinki, Finland, May 2016.
Panelist, VIII Belgrade Arbitration Conference, Belgrade, Serbia, March 2016.
Panelist, 7th Moscow Pre-Moot Workshop & Conference, Moscow, Russia, February 2016.
Publications
Co-author, “Update on European Measures for Natural Gas Security,” social media, March 2023.
Co-author, “Contractual Arbitrage in Today’s Gas and LNG Markets,” Thought Leadership Newsletter, September 2022.
Co-author, “Pre-arbitration Procedural Requirements: ‘A Dismal Swamp’”, Practising Virtue – Inside International Arbitration, ed. D. Caron et al, Oxford University Press, November 2015.
Co-author, “Investment Protection in Southern Africa”, Corporate Dispute Resolution, May-June 2015.