Miljana Bigović

Managing Associate
Miljana Bigović
Location
Stockholm
Language
Bosnian, English, Croatian, Serbian, Spanish

Miljana Bigović is a Managing Associate in DLA Piper's Dispute Resolution practice in Stockholm, focusing on complex international arbitration and cross-border disputes. She represents multinational corporations, financial institutions and investors in high-value arbitrations under SCC, ICC, ICSID and other institutional rules, with particular experience across the energy, construction, real estate and international trade sectors. Her experience spans disputes ranging from several million dollars to over USD 1 billion, including some of the most significant international arbitrations conducted in the Nordic region.

Miljana combines extensive international arbitration experience with a distinguished international profile. She holds LL.M. degrees from Harvard Law School, Stockholm University and the University of Novi Sad, where she graduated first in her class and was named University Valedictorian. Prior to joining DLA Piper, she worked with the international arbitration team at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr in London and completed a secondment with DLA Piper's arbitration practice in Paris. A recognized thought leader in international dispute resolution, she regularly speaks at leading conferences across Europe, Asia and North America, lectures on arbitration and advocacy, publishes on developments in international arbitration, and served as President of Harvard's International Arbitration Association (HIALSA).

Qualifications
Professional background
Managing Associate, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB
2025-
Senior Associate, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB
2024-2025
Seconded Associate, DLA Piper France LLP
2023-2024
Associate, Advokatfirma DLA Piper Sweden KB
2020-2024
International Arbitration Intern, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (London)
2020
Research Assistant, Stockholm University
2019
Education
Master of Laws, Harvard Law School
2026
Certificate in Private International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law
2022
Master of Laws in International Investment Protection and Banking Law, University of Novi Sad
2020
Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University
2019
Bachelor of Laws (Summa Cum Laude), University of Novi Sad
2018
Certificate in The Main Features of the European Legal Systems, University of Salzburg
2017
Memberships
Bar Association of Serbia (Vojvodina Bar Association)
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
Young ITA (Institute for Transnational Arbitration)
Young ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration)
Association Suisse de l'Arbitrage (ASA) below 40
Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS)
Experience
Associate at DLA Piper, Stockholm (Sweden)
Represented one of Europe’s largest real estate developers in a landmark USD 1.1 billion SCC arbitration concerning an alleged breach of a non-compete clause.
Represented a Swiss company in a EUR 15 million SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm against a Lithuanian company working with financial derivatives
Represented one of the largest green-energy suppliers in Europe in an SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm regarding a EUR 170 million construction project in the north of Sweden
Represented a Danish company in an SCC arbitration seated in Stockholm filing a lost profit claim under Romanian law concerning a multi-million-euro wind farm project in Tulcea, Romania
Represented a Swedish subsidiary of an Italian company specialized in renewables in a dispute with a Swedish wind turbine manufacturer regarding an extension of time (EoT) claim under an EUR 120 million EPC contract
Represented a Canadian company specialized in forestry in a Stockholm-seated SCC arbitration with Swedish law governing the issues of alleged defects in a packaging machine produced by a Swedish manufacturer
Advised a funder on the issues of enforcement of an EUR 150 million arbitral award rendered in the investment arbitration case PL Holdings S.a.r.l. v Republic of Poland in Sweden
Represented two Finnish companies in an SCC arbitration governed by Swedish law in a dispute arising out of an M&A transaction
Represented a leading US-based cryptocurrency company in an arbitration before the SCC concerning the sale of property in Sweden with Swedish law governing the merits of the case
Involved in a preliminary assessment of an investor's possibility to commence investment arbitration proceedings against the Republic of Georgia before ICSID
Active in the group's international business development practice: established the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot in Stockholm, translated the SCC Arbitration Rules and SCC Rules for Expedited Arbitration to Serbian language
Organized, attended and spoke at a number of arbitration conferences in Sweden and abroad (see section Seminars)
Seconded Associate at DLA Piper, Paris (France)
Representing a French subsidiary of an international oil and gas producer based in Canada in a EUR 12 million ICC arbitration against a French subsidiary of a Norwegian mining company
Representing a French company in mediation proceedings administered by CIAM in Madrid
Representing a Chinese state-owned enterprise specialized in importing new technologies in a multi-million-euro commercial arbitration initiated against a Finnish supplier of innovative technologies; Finnish law governing the merits
Involved in the preliminary assessment of a Swiss investor's possibility to commence arbitration under the ICSID Convention against the Republic of Georgia
Speaking engagements
Seminars
Speaker at the Armenian Arbitration Days – “Adverse Inferences and Evidentiary Gaps: When Silence Speaks” in Yerevan
2026
Speaker at the Balkan Forum at Harvard – “Powering the Region: How Energy Projects Shape the Western Balkans” in Cambridge
2026
Speaker at the Harvard International Arbitration Conference – “The Corporate Client’s Perspective on International Arbitration: Efficiency, Predictability, and Control in Energy Disputes” in Cambridge
2026
Speaker at the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot Conference – “How to Win a Case (In and Out of the Moot)?” in Stockholm
2025
Speaker at the AIJA Half-Year Conference on the topic of “Navigating regulatory landscapes in international business: insights and strategies” in Luxembourg
2024
Speaker at the Official Launch of the SCC Rules in Serbian, moderating a panel discussion titled "SCC Rules – ensuring Reliable, Modern and Swift Dispute Resolution" in Belgrade
2024
Expert invited by the US Department of Commerce (Commercial Law Development Program) conducting a week-long training for students of over 10 universities participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot competition in Vienna
2022-2024
Guest lecturer at the Stockholm University's Summer School on Arbitration, teaching a class on the constitution of arbitral tribunals and the powers and duties of arbitrators
2020-2024
Speaker at the DIS40 and Serbian Arbitration Association Under 40 Event, moderating a panel discussion entitled "Arbitration Backstage: How to Choose, Prepare and Cross-Examine Fact and Expert Witnesses – Standards and Trends" in Belgrade, Serbia
2024
Panelist at the 13th International Commercial Arbitration Conference in connection with the Tbilisi Pre-Moot in the Republic of Georgia
2024
Speaker at the MAA XVIII Annual Generations in Arbitration Conference on the topic of "Is Arbitration Woefully Inadequate to Cater to Disputes of the Future" in Hong Kong
2024
Speaker at the DLA Piper Global Vis Pre-Moot, moderating a panel discussion on "How to Win a Case (In and Out of the Vis Moot)" in Stockholm, Sweden
2023
Panelist at the 12th International Commercial Arbitration Conference in connection with the Tbilisi Pre-Moot in the Republic of Georgia
2023
Speaker at the MAA webinar on the topic of "How to Draft a Persuasive Memorandum for Claimant"
2022
Panelist at the AIJA Double Seminar entitled "Arbitration in Times of Change - New Lands and Frontiers in Arbitration" in Berlin, Germany
2022
Guest lecturer in arbitration at O.P. Jindal Global University, teaching a class on arbitral award recognition and enforcement
2022
Moderator of an ICAL AA webinar entitled "Oiling the Wheels: Draft a Winning Vis Moot Memo"
2021