Shayda Vance is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s Washington, D.C. office. As part of the firm’s litigation group, Shayda has significant experience in all aspects of federal litigation in matters ranging from corporate liability and financial fraud to questions of constitutional law. As part of the arbitration practice group, Shayda has experience in investment treaty arbitrations under ICSID rules. Shayda has also represented clients before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Shayda has extensive experience clerking for federal, state, and international courts. Prior to joining the firm, Shayda clerked for the Honorable Rosemary Collyer on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and for the Honorable Senior Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Shayda has also clerked for the Honorable Justice Sisi Khampepe of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and spent several years advocating for survivors of gender-based violence in Johannesburg.

Shayda is an active member of the firm’s pro bono practice and a volunteer for the Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit.

Previous Experience

Law Clerk for the Honorable Rosemary M. Collyer, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Law Clerk for the Honorable Senior Judges, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Director of Legal and Operations, Lawyers against Abuse (LvA)
Law Clerk for the Honorable Justice Sisi Khampepe, Constitutional Court of South Africa

Recognition

2018 – 2019 Capital Pro Bono High Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Highlighted Lectures

Presenter, “20 Years of Constitutionalism in South Africa” conference held at New York Law School, Nov. 13-16, 2014

Professional Activities

Member, American Society of International Law
Member, ArbitralWomen
Judge, Inter-American Court of Human Rights Moot Court, American University Washington College of Law

Highlighted Publications and Lectures

“The New List: Arbitrators of African Descent with a U.S. Nexus,” ArbitralWomen, Jan. 7, 2021, co-authored with Eunice Shang-Simpson
Presenter, “20 Years of Constitutionalism in South Africa” conference held at New York Law School, Nov. 13-16, 2014

Highlighted Matters

Counsel to a Panamanian investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Panama
Counsel to a Chinese company to contest enforcement of an arbitral award in federal court
Counsel to a holder of sovereign bonds in litigation against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Counsel to an individual survivor of sexual violence before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a complaint against the Republic of Bolivia
Counsel to individuals in a class action seeking to assert First Amendment rights to free speech
Counsel to an individual asserting defamation claims in federal court