Marily Paralika

Marily acts as counsel in international arbitration proceedings governed by the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC arbitration rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings.

She represents parties in the construction, engineering, energy and infrastructure sectors, both in commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes, and assist with every step of the arbitral process, including pre-arbitral strategic advice.

Marily has handled arbitrations arising out of international commercial contracts, including long-term gas supply agreements and concession contracts, but also matters arising out of M&A and shareholders' agreements. She also acts as an arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.

Marily is a Vice-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR and a former member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for Greece. She is also chairing the arbitration committee of ICC Hellas.

She has authored numerous articles and publications in her field of expertise and is a regular speaker at conferences on international arbitration. 

Marily is recognized among her peers and clients for her exceptional expertise. Since 2017, She has been on the list of Future Leaders in the Who's Who Legal – Arbitration guide, which considers her to be outstanding in the field of international arbitration.

She hold a Master's degree in International Economic Law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas and an LLM in European and International Law from the University of Athens.

Prior to joining Fieldfisher Paris, she was a senior associate in the international arbitration group of White & Case in Paris, and a Deputy Counsel with the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, where she supervised numerous arbitration proceedings involving parties from all over the world.

She was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2001 and to the Paris Bar in 2007.

A native Greek speaker, she is also fluent in French and English.