Ashwita Ambast
Profile
Ms. Ashwita Ambast is a Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), where she has worked since being awarded the Yale Law School Fellowship at the PCA in 2016. As Legal Counsel, Ashwita acts as registrar and tribunal secretary in international arbitrations involving various combinations of states, state entities, international organizations and private parties, including arbitration proceedings under investment treaties. She also assists the PCA Secretary-General with appointing authority matters, including challenges, under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and other procedural rules. The PCA is an independent intergovernmental organization established by treaty in 1899, which facilitates arbitration, conciliation, fact-finding, and other dispute resolution proceedings.