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Albina Gasanbekova is an associate in Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp’s International Disputes and Litigation Practice Groups and is based in the Washington, D.C. office.  She also works closely with the firm’s IP and Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice Groups. 

Albina focuses her practice on litigation and arbitration matters across various industries and jurisdictions. She has experience representing clients in commercial and investment arbitration brought under multilateral and bilateral investment and trade treaties.  Albina is also experienced in U.S. federal litigation, including representing foreign and domestic clients in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) litigation. 

Representative Matters

• Represented crew members of the U.S.S. Pueblo and their immediate family members in federal terrorism litigation and obtained judgment for $1.1 billion against North Korea for the physical injuries and emotional trauma suffered by the victims.
• Member of MSK litigation team representing a judgment creditor seeking to enforce international commercial arbitration awards against a foreign state. 
• Member of MSK litigation team that represented and won $349 million in compensatory damages on behalf of the victims of a commercial airplane hijacked by Hezbollah terrorists.
• Member of MSK litigation team that represented collectively more than 100 producers and distributors of copyrighted television content before the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) regarding distribution of cable royalty funds under Section 111 of the Copyright Act.

Honors & Awards

• "Rising Star," Washington, D.C. Super Lawyers (2024) 
• "Rising Star," New York Super Lawyers (2019-2020) 

Professional, Business and civic Affiliations

• Executive Editor, ITA in Review

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