Mine Orer

Associate

Washington, D.C.+1 202 736 8732

Global Arbitration, Trade and Advocacy

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Biography

MINE ORER focuses her practice on international trade and investment issues and public international law. Her work includes advising clients on trade and investment policy, compliance with export controls and economic sanctions, and foreign investment screening. She also represents clients in investor-state arbitrations.

Mine is a dual-qualified attorney admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Türkiye. Before rejoining the firm, she clerked at the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Her prior experience spans roles at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of the Legal Adviser, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, a human rights organization in the United Kingdom, and an international law firm in Türkiye.

Experience

Representative Matters

Investors in an annulment proceeding related to a claim brought under bilateral investment treaties in connection with investments in the banking, construction, and real estate industries.
Investors in a claim brought under a free trade agreement in connection with investments in the oil and gas industry.

Community Involvement

Pro Bono

Mine maintains an active pro bono practice. She participated in Sidley’s Pro Bono Fellowship program, and served as a Pro Bono Fellow at the ACLU National, where she supported the National Political Advocacy Department’s legislative efforts to reform the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on clemency, parole, probation, and juvenile resentencing. She also represented clients in domestic relations cases before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Credentials

Admissions & Certifications

District of Columbia
Istanbul

Education

Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2023, cum laude, Certificate in International Trade and WTO Studies
University of Michigan Law School, LL.M., 2018
Koc University, LL.B., 2016

Clerkships

Dalveer Bhandari, International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands (2024-2025)

Languages

Turkish

Capabilities

News & Insights

Co-author, “U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Industry and Security Adopts “50 Percent Rule,”” for Export Controls, Sidley Update, October 1, 2025.
Co-author, “U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (Finally) Eases Export Controls on Syria; Some Limitations Remain,” Sidley Update, September 8, 2025.
Author, “Using Subsidy Disciplines in a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty: Incorporating the Lessons Learned from the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies,” chapter, Using Trade Tools to Fight Climate Change, 2023.
Author, “Drafting an Exhaustion of Local Remedies Clause for Investor-State Arbitration Reform,” American Review of International Arbitration, Vol. 33(3), March 2023.