The 36 Group

36 Stone

Heidi Yildiz is a barrister specialising in international arbitration and commercial dispute resolution. Heidi previously practised as a solicitor, and she is also a qualified Finnish attorney with full rights of audience at Finnish courts.

Heidi has more than 12 years of experience as a counsel in complex and high-value international arbitration disputes, both of a private and public law nature. She has represented a broad range of clients across a range of different industry sectors in institutional arbitrations conducted under the ICC, LCIA, DIS, FAI, UNCITRAL and PCA Rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations, governed by a variety of substantive and procedural laws.

Heidi is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and also regularly acts as an arbitrator.

Prior to joining 36 Stone, Heidi practised international arbitration and commercial litigation for nearly ten years at Dittmar & Indrenius in Helsinki. Prior to that Heidi trained and qualified as a solicitor in the London office of Wilmer Hale and upon qualification practiced international arbitration there until 2011.

Called to the Bar in England and Wales 2021, Inner Temple; Attorney at Law in Finland 2017; Solicitor England and Wales 2009

English, Finnish, Swedish, German, Turkish

The Bar Council England and Wales

Law Society of England and Wales

The Finnish Bar Association

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

The Honourable Society of Inner Temple, London

International Bar Association

Arbitral Women

Young Arbitrators Stockholm

The Finnish Arbitration Association

LLB (Honours) at City, University of London, 2003;

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, BPP Law School, London 2004;

LLM in International Dispute Resolution at Queen Mary University of London, 2020