Jaroslav Kudrna

Dr. Jaroslav Kudrna is the Head of the International Arbitration and Investment Protection Unit at the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic. He defends the Republic in investment arbitrations, negotiates BITs on its behalf and represents it in international forums, including UNCITRAL (WG III). Prior to joining the Ministry, Dr. Kudrna worked as an associate at White & Case in New York, where he focused on investment and commercial arbitration. Dr. Kudrna obtained a PhD in public international law at Charles University in Prague, an LLM in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration at New York University and Masters of Laws at the University of Strasbourg and Sciences Po Paris. He has passed the New York Bar and Paris Bar exams.