Vanina specialises in international arbitration and advises clients on a diverse range of commercial litigation and cross-border disputes involving commercial contracts, investigations and anti-corruption, joint ventures, hospitality, construction and infrastructure projects, environmental contamination, and investment treaty arbitration. She has experience acting as counsel and advocate in arbitrations across multiple jurisdictions under the auspices of institutions including the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, AAA, and TAI. Vanina served as Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) from 2012-2021, Director of ArbitralWomen for two terms, is founder and Co-President of the Young Thailand Arbitration Center and Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Thailand Branch. In addition to lecturing, Vanina currently sits as arbitrator.Vanina developed her international experience working with the Herbert Smith Freehills' Bangkok, Paris and Hong Kong dispute resolution teams. Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills, Vanina began her career in San Francisco at Morrison & Foerster, where she represented multinational corporations in complex commercial matters involving internal and external investigations, securities litigation, consumer class actions, prosecution of trademark registrations in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, and domain name disputes before the WIPO. Her arbitration experience involved investment dispute issues and political risk insurance claims. Admitted to the California Bar, Vanina completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley and her Juris Doctor with a concentration in International Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, as well as her LL.M. in International Law at Golden Gate. She completed her PhD (Doctorat en Droit) on investment arbitration with highest distinctions, summa cum laude, at Université de Paris Panthéon-Assas in 2022 on investor-State dispute settlement reform. A holder of three nationalities, Vanina speaks Thai, French, and English.