Alina Yalmanian is an Account Director at Blenheim Martlet, where she advises sovereign actors and corporates on complex disputes, political risk, and international positioning in sensitive environments.

Before joining Blenheim Martlet, Alina was a Senior Associate at Highgate, where she led day-to-day delivery on contentious matters including investor–state arbitration, shareholder activism, and crisis response. Earlier in her career, she worked in asylum and refugee law, supported parliamentary decision-making at the Austrian Parliament, and advised academic institutions on engagement with Indigenous communities.

Alina holds a law degree from the University of Cambridge and a dual BA from Sciences Po Paris and the University of British Columbia. She is fluent in English, Armenian, French, German, and speaks Russian.