Shirin Gurdova is an associate at Wordstone Dispute Resolution, specialising in international arbitration. She has represented corporations, state entities, and States in international commercial and investor-State disputes, both ad hoc (UNCITRAL) and under major arbitral institutions (ICC, ICSID). Her experience spans sectors including energy, construction, and banking.

Before joining Wordstone, she was an associate at an arbitration law firm in Paris and previously worked in the international arbitration practice of a global law firm in Ashgabat. She has also served as Co-Chair of Young ICCA, a leading organisation for young arbitration practitioners under the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA). She speaks English, Russian, French, Turkish, Turkmen, and Iranian Farsi.