Personal bio
Tanya Landon is a partner with Sidley Austin LLP, with nearly two decades' experience in international dispute resolution. She focuses her practice on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. She acts as counsel and arbitrator in a wide range of disputes before the major arbitral institutions, involving: investment law; general contract law; shareholder and joint venture agreements; mining and construction contracts; international sales contracts and supply agreements; and license and distribution agreements, including those between life sciences, healthcare and medical device companies and their partners. Tanya has been recognized by Who’s Who Future Leaders – Arbitration (2017-2023) and by Who’s Who National Leaders - Switzerland Arbitration since 2019. Clients state that she comes “highly recommended for her outstanding work in the field and is praised by peers as “an excellent cross-examiner”. She won “Best in Commercial Arbitration” at the Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2018. Tanya is a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre, and is regularly asked to speak on topics of international arbitration. She teaches a legal writing seminar at the prestigious MIDS LL.M. program in Geneva. She is fluent in English and French.