Svetlana Borisova is a dispute resolution and construction projects lawyer with 25 years’ experience supporting tribunals, dispute boards, parties and counsel on complex, document-heavy, technically intensive disputes. She brings a rare combination of deep construction law expertise and hands-on project lifecycle experience, with a practical understanding of how large projects are administered, how claims arise, and what decision-makers need to resolve them efficiently and fairly.

Her practice focuses on international infrastructure and energy disputes, with particular expertise in FIDIC-based contracts and the commercial mechanisms that drive delay, disruption, variation, measurement, and price adjustment claims. She is experienced in working with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, quantity surveyors, planners, and quantum experts, and in translating quantum evidence into clear, decision-ready analysis. This allows her to assist tribunals with procedural organisation and substantive case understanding, while maintaining strict neutrality and adherence to due process.

Renowned for meticulous drafting and a calm mastery of detail, Svetlana prepares high-quality procedural documents and tribunal support materials, including draft procedural orders, agendas, chronologies, hearing bundles, issue lists, Scott schedules, decision trees, and post-hearing matrices. She is also skilled in coordinating witness and quantum expert evidence, tracking directions, managing submissions, and maintaining a reliable audit trail of procedural steps—always prioritising clarity, confidentiality, and fairness between the parties.

Svetlana is trusted for sound judgment, responsiveness, and discretion. She is adept at working swiftly under pressure, managing competing deadlines across time zones, and communicating professionally with parties, counsel, institutions, and tribunal members. She is especially skilled at identifying gaps in the record, highlighting inconsistencies, and presenting complex material in an organised manner that respects the limits of the Tribunal Secretary's role and maintains the independence of the tribunal.

She has been included in the FIDIC President’s Panel of Approved Adjudicators, reflecting her standing in the international construction community and her dedication to making a strong, impartial contribution. As a Tribunal Secretary, Svetlana provides tribunals with a reliable “force multiplier” - an organised, analytical, and solution-focused plan that safeguards the procedure, boosts efficiency, and helps the tribunal concentrate on the issues that matter most.