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Shayda Vance

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Washington, D.C.

+1 (202) 721-4705

shayda.vance@hugheshubbard.com
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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

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HHR Pro Bono Team Leads Groundbreaking Human Rights Case Against Bolivia Before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Hughes Hubbard Lawyers Named to 2020 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll
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HHR Helps Sexual Violence Survivor Get Her Day in Inter-American Court of Human Rights
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Education
  • Columbia University, School of Law, J.D., 2012, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Parker School Recognition of Achievement in Int'l and Comparative Law, Notes & Submissions Editor, Human Rights Law Review
  • Harvard University, B.A., Social Studies, 2008, cum laude
Bar Admissions
  • District of Columbia, 2018
  • New York, 2015
Languages
  • Persian (Farsi)
Areas of Focus
Africa
Investment Treaty Arbitration
Litigation

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