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ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS For 33 years, The Legal 500 has been analysing continues to produce high-calibre disputes. the capabilities of law firms and sets across This alone makes it an exciting time to survey the world. In the research team, we constantly the market. track which sections are used most by Just as significantly, new Russian legislation clients, and this often matches up with an has transformed the arbitration landscape ARBITRATION increase in that section from submissions, by restricting the number of licenced arbitral client referees, requests for interviews and institutions that can operate in the country. feedback – all of which make up the research Prior to these reforms no one knew how process. The international arbitration rankings many institutions existed, though estimates | are consistently one of our most used and range from 400 to over one thousand. Now, POWERLIST 2020 read editorial sections and one of the most that list is reduced to five: the International competitive areas for law firms, sets, lawyers Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) and and barristers. This very much chimes with Maritime Arbitration Commission (MAC) at what we constantly hear anecdotally in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry the market, with international arbitration of the Russian Federation; the Arbitration CIS AND CAUCASUS frequently cited as the preferred form of Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists dispute resolution. and Entrepreneurs; the Russian Arbitration The Arbitration Powerlist: CIS & Caucasus Centre (RAC) at the Russian Institute of showcases the leading practitioners working Modern Arbitration; and, most recently, the in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Sports Arbitration Chamber. The Hong Kong Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, International Arbitration Centre and the James Wood Kyrgyz Republic and Moldova. It is a region Vienna International Arbitration Centre have unfamiliar to many outsiders, and we hope since been granted permission to administer Global head of the following guide will provide an insight Russian-seated arbitrations. A further international research into an often opaque disputes market. consequence of these laws has been to render There is certainly a lot to take in. The ad hoc arbitration almost completely absent region’s largest legal market, Russia, has seen from Russia. a period of rapid change. Firstly, the retreat As with any publication of this nature, we To collate the list of leading practitioners of several international firms from the market were faced with the dilemma of including we have of course drawn on our research LEGALEASE LTD has left a vacuum to be filled by new domestic as many worthy candidates as possible team’s expertise. We have also approached boutiques and expanded disputes offerings without diluting the significance of their leading arbitrators, arbitral institutions and among full-service firms. Internationals like listing. After lengthy discussions across the general counsel active in the market to King & Spalding and Freshfields Bruckhaus editorial team, we decided that a larger help create a definitive list of the leading Deringer have seen headcounts drop in selection was necessary to provide sufficient arbitration counsel in the CIS and Caucasus the Russian market, while Jones Day and nuance and balance across so many different market today. As such, we think the listing others have closed their doors entirely. But markets. We hope that by expanding the reflect those practitioners that are deemed the major international firms are still hunting for selection we have managed to include some gold standard by business. large clients in these waters, and the region surprises.

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Timur Abushakhmanov Sergiy Gryshko Redcliffe Partners Alexander Lazarev Nurbek Sabirov Kalikova & Associates Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Ali Gursel Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Irina Selezneva Borenius Dimitry Afanasiev Nick Gvinadze Gvinadze & Partners Ekaterina Lebedeva Pepeliaev Group Dmitry Semashko Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Anton S.Imennov Pen & Paper Attorneys Kostiantyn Likarchuk Kinstellar Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners Timur Aitkulov Clifford Chance Vladimir Iurkovski Schoenherr Yuri Makhonin Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Valikhan Shaikenov Aequitas Oleg Alyoshin Vasil Kisil & Partners Dmitry Ivanov Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Markian Malskyy Arzinger Kirill Shmotov Dmitry Andreev Mikhail Ivanov Dentons Roman Marchenko Ilyashev & Partners Offices Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Anar Janmammadov MGB Law Offices Dmytro Marchukov Integrites Ihor Siusel Baker McKenzie Alexey Anischenko Sorainen Artashes Kakoyan Investment Law Group Elena Mashonskaya Arzinger & Partners Alexander Solopov Arzinger & Partners Lasha Arveladze COCAZ Legal Yan Kalish Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Ivan Meleshenko Nikolay Stroev PB Legal Alan Bayramkulov PB Legal Zhibek Karamanova Keremet Holding Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Serhii Sviriba Asters Law Diana Bayzakova Merritz Law Firm Stanislav Karandasov Vladimir Melnikov Linklaters Timour Sysouev SBH Law Offices Oleh Beketov Eterna Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Andrey Mikoni S&K Vertical Vsevolod Taraskin Roman Bevzenko Pepeliaev Group Fuad Karimov Kermur Ruslan Mirzayev Adrem Attorneys Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Maxim Bezruchenkov Yulia Karpova Infralex Alexander Muranov Ekaterina Tilling Eversheds Sutherland Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Dmitry Kaysin Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Muranov, Chernyakov and Partners Kirill Trukhanov Trubor Law Firm Zaza Bibilashvili BGI Legal Aigoul Kenjebayeva Dentons Gayane Nadzharova Elena Trusova Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner Eugene Blinov Eterna Law Aleksandre Khrapoutski Lex Torre Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Catherine Tumanov KR&P Law Firm Pavlo Byelousov Aequo Alexander Khrenov Khrenov & Partners Irina Nazarova Engarde Dennis Turovets Ion Capatina Vernon David Vladimir Khvalei Baker McKenzie Ilya Nikiforov Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Octavian Cazac Turcan Cazac Violetta M.Kim Aequitas Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Kirill Udovichenko Dmitriy Chepurenko Liniya Prava Yaroslav Klimov Norton Rose Fulbright Olga Nikolaeva Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Svitlana Chepurna Asters Markiyan Kliuchkovskyi Asters VMP Vlasova Mikhel & Partners Alexander Vaneev BGP Litigation Yuliya Chernykh Arbitrade Oleg Kolotilov Kulkov Kolotilov & Partners Lasha Noida Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners Baiju Vasani Ivanyan and Partners Egor Chilikov Petrol Chilikov Law Offices Andrei Kolupaev Lexwell & Partners DrAram Orbelyan Concern Dialog Igor Verkhovodko Verkhovodko Mergen Doraev EMPP Dmitry Konovalov Irina Paliashvili RULG-Ukrainian Legal Group Olga Vorozhbyt DLA Piper Olexander Droug Sayenko Kharenko Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Alexei Panich Herbert Smith Freehills Varvara Voynova Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Alexei Dudko Hogan Lovells Anastasia Konstantinova Alexander Panin PB Legal Vadim Vunukainen Dmitry Dyakin Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Olena Perepelynska Integrites Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Irakli Kordzakhia Grata International Vladimir Pestrikov Feodor Vyacheslavov Vlawyers Elnur Eyvazov Capital Legal Services Alexander Korobeinikov Baker McKenzie Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Volodymyr Yaremko Sayenko Kharenko Dr.Viktor Gerbutov Noerr Sergey Korolev Sergey Petrachkov Alrud Mukhit Yeleuov Kinstellar Roger Gladei Gladei & Partners Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Maria Petrenko Nodir Yulsashev Grata International Olga Glazkova Andrey, Gorodissky & Partners Anna Kostina Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Julia Zagonek White & Case Alexander Goretsky Revera Consulting Group Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Ilia Rachkov Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners Andrey Zelenin Lidings Andrey Gorlenko Ivanyan and Partners Sergey Kovalev Kovalev Tugushi & Partners Evgeny Raschevsky Daria Zhdan-Pushkina Redstone Chambers Anna Grishchenkova Azamat Kuatbekov Baker McKenzie Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Artur Zurabyan Art De Lex KIAP (Korelskiy, Ischuk, Astafiev and Partners) Maxim Kulkov Kulkov Kolotilov & Partners Ilya M.Rybalkin Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Roman Zykov Mansors

2 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 3 TEAM PROFILE PROFILES CONTENTS 30 Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners (MZS) 19 27 Roman Marchenko Maxim Kulkov Dmytro Marchukov Aleksandre Khrapoutski 58 20 28 Artashes Kakoyan Andrei Kolupaev Olena Perepelynska Andrey Zelenin 21 Andrey Gorlenko 29 22 Baiju Vasani Vladimir Melnikov Alexey Anischenko 23 Nurbek Sabirov Roman Zykov 6 Ruslan Mirzayev Dr Aram Orbelyan 18 Diana Bayzakova 7 Pavlo Byelousov 14 Alexei Dudko TEAM PROFILE 40 38 45 8 Yuliya Chernykh Mikhail Ivanov Yulia Karpova PB Legal Dmitry Ivanov Sergiy Gryshko 9 Evgeny Raschevsky Lasha Noida Volodymyr Yaremko Markian Malskyy 15 24 Dr. Viktor Gerbutov 56 Serhii Sviriba Dennis Turovets Zhibek Karamanova 39 Olexander Droug 10 Oleh Beketov 13 Mukhit Yeleuov Yaroslav Klimov Timour Sysouev Elena Mashonskaya Eugene Blinov 25 Ekaterina Lebedeva 57 11 16 Nick Gvinadze Kostiantyn Likarchuk 44 Egor Chilikov Dmitry Semashko Zaza Bibilashvili 17 26 Oleg Alyoshin Lasha Arveladze Ekaterina Tilling Alexander Khrenov TEAM PROFILE 46 59 12 Roger Gladei Sergey Kovalev Rybalkin, Gortsunyan Kirill Trukhanov Olga Vorozhbyt & Partners Elnur Eyvazov Alexei Panich Julia Zagonek

4 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 5 PROFILES

Ruslan Mirzayev Pavlo Byelousov Adrem Attorneys Aequo

Job title: Managing partner Job title: Partner, Head of International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation Location: Azerbaijan Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 14 Admissions: New York Bar, Republic of Azerbaijan Number of years as an arbitrator: Five Main sectors covered: Commercial, investment protection, financial services, construction Current appointments as arbitrator: Five (two as sole arbitrator) Geographical areas of focus: CIS, Turkey Admissions: Ukraine (admitted since 2008) - Kyiv Region Bar Association Languages: Azerbaijani, English, Russian, Turkish Main sectors covered: Agriculture, financial institutions and insurance, energy and natural resources, consumer and retail, telecommunications and media Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Asia, CIS As one of the only Azerbaijan-based lawyers to specialise in international arbitration, Ruslan Mirzayev stands out in the legal market. He is further distinguished by his time working at law firms outside Azerbaijan and Languages: English, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian the unusually complex nature of the matters he typically handles.

Mirzayev is experienced in representing clients both as a local counsel and lead counsel in international Pavlo Byelousov is a head of the Aequo’s international arbitration and cross-border litigation practices. He investment and commercial arbitration cases. He has advised and represented parties in international started his career in international arbitration in 2006 and has since been involved in over 50 commercial investment and commercial arbitration cases, both as a member of teams led by international law firms and and investment arbitration proceedings in Ukraine and abroad as counsel, and in over 20 arbitration-related during his time as counsel at a US law firm in London. litigations representing clients before Ukrainian courts, including the Supreme Court. In addition, for the past five years he has acted as a party- and institution-appointed arbitrator in over 15 intentional arbitration Commenting on his approach to arbitration, Mirzayev says, ‘I work with a very limited number of clients at proceedings. a time, which allows me to personally deal with all the matters related to international arbitration. As a firm Adrem Attorneys tries to provide clients with zealous, tailored, client-oriented and specialised legal services with a Byelousov is in the list of arbitrators recommended by the International Commercial Arbitration Court at personal touch.’ the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC Ukraine), as well as Riga International Commercial Arbitration Court (RICAC) and Cairo Regional Center for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA). He has represented clients as a lead counsel in international commercial arbitration cases in different jurisdictions, including under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. In addition to his practical law experience, he has been engaged under EU projects to advise on arbitration and dispute resolution reforms. In conversation with…

‘Most of those become private jokes that are kept only between a counsel and a client, which is In conversation with… understandable given the confidentiality of international arbitration and the high respect paid to arbitrators, experts and an opposing counsel. However, there is a story when an opposing counsel’s vigorous desire to ‘Azerbaijan has one of the least developed arbitration practices in the region. While the legislation beat us did him a bad turn. Once, when representing a client before a Ukrainian court on recognition and includes many progressive and pro-arbitration provisions, there are many inconsistencies in the legislation enforcement of a foreign arbitral award, we were confronted by an opposing Ukrainian attorney who used and its application. As a result, people are generally not very inclined to refer their disputes to arbitration. In any and all opportunities, many of which were inappropriate, to make the enforcement either impossible addition, there are not many lawyers specialising in arbitration. Indeed, most lawyers in Azerbaijan are not or significantly delayed. After debates on the merits, the opposing counsel tried to challenge our legal cost even aware of arbitration and its benefits. While formally there are some centres offering arbitration services, submission by, among other things, invoking a flawed argument that the fees and costs were too high and they have not been able to build any significant presence or consistent activities. unreasonable. It was allegedly supported by the fact that I act as arbitrator and often speak at conferences on arbitration-related matters. So, in support of his statements the opposing counsel referred specifically The biggest problem I face when taking over certain arbitration cases is dealing with issues caused by to the recommended list of the ICAC Ukraine arbitrators (on which I am included), and to a then recent previous actions of the clients during the arbitration. As a result, quite often it becomes more difficult to deal international arbitration conference I was invited to as a speaker. In response, the judge said: “Counsel, I am with certain issues when the clients have already taken certain steps in the arbitration. Therefore, I would totally confused by your argument. What exactly are you trying to prove with it here? Are you saying that strongly recommend companies and anyone involved in an international case to consult lawyers specialised your opponent attorney Mr Byelousov is highly qualified on the issues in arbitration? If so, this perhaps in arbitration as soon as possible – every detail might matter later. justifies his hourly rate and legal costs incurred by the claimant in this proceeding”. To cut a long story short, the judge ruled to reimburse our legal fees and costs in full amount. And the one who greatly assisted us in My focus on arbitration combined with my regional experience [is distinctive in the legal market]. I have proving we were worth it was none other than the opposing counsel!’ n specialised in arbitration through my practice, supplemented by research and teaching of arbitration for over 12 years. In addition, as a person working with public and private entities in the region I have some relevant experience that allows me to understand the realities, systems and legal thought processes in many post-Soviet countries.’ n

6 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 7 PROFILES

Yuliya Chernykh Markian Malskyy Serhii Sviriba Arbitrade Arzinger Asters Law

Job title: Of Counsel, Chartered Arbitrator Job title: Partner Job title: Co-managing Partner Location: Ukraine Location: Ukraine Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 15 Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 25 Number of years as an arbitrator: Ten Number of years as an arbitrator: Six Admissions: Ukraine Current appointments as arbitrator: Eight (one as sole arbitrator) Admissions: Ukraine Main sectors covered: Oil and gas, energy Admissions: Ukrainian Bar, Norwegian Bar (admitted as foreign counsel to practice Ukrainian Principal sectors covered: Corporate and M&A, real estate and construction, International sale and natural resources, real estate and law and private international law) of goods and services, energy, oil and gas, natural resources, FMCG, agroindustrial sector, IT construction, media and technology Sectors covered: Aviation, banking, construction, distributorship, energy, infrastructure Geographical areas of focus: Europe, CIS Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian projects, IP (licensing, technology transfer), IT, international sale, insurance, investments, joint Languages: English, German, Russian, Polish venture, maritime transportation, public-private partnership, and sports Serhii Sviriba is, ‘a lawyer with insatiable passion Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, CIS, Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Denmark), Baltic Markian Malskyy is head of Arzinger’s Lviv office and head of the firm’s international disputes resolution for his work who likely dreams of arbitration’, says (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia), Central and Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania, Austria, Poland and and arbitration practice. A specialist in investment projects, he has represented the government of Ukraine one source. His career trajectory bears this out. In in a number of ICSID cases, including a prominent investment dispute under the Netherlands-Ukraine 1997, just two years after graduating from Taras others) BIT. He has also represented international companies against Ukrainian state bodies under UNCITRAL Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, he co- Languages: English, Norwegian, Russian, Ukrainian (full professional capacity); French, Polish Arbitration Rules. founded Magisters law firm (the plan to establish (basic) a law firm had in fact been devised while he Malskyy is a recommended arbitrator at ten arbitral institutions, including the International Commercial was still a student). In 2002, he took temporary Arbitration Court at Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC at UCC), China International leave from the firm to serve as deputy chief of Yuliya Chernykh is of counsel with Arbitrade and a doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo, where Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM) and Vienna the Trade & Economic Mission to the Embassy she completed her PhD thesis on contractual interpretation in international investment arbitration. She International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). of Ukraine in the USA, returning as Magisters’ has overseen more than 50 awards rendered at the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the co-managing partner in 2004. A year later he was Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine and frequently acts as a party-appointed arbitrator, sole In parallel to his work as a lawyer, Malskyy has pursued a career in politics. In 2019, he was appointed head elected as a permanent representative of Ukraine arbitrator or a chair under the rules of leading arbitration institutions. of the Lviv Regional State Administration by the President of Ukraine – a position he held until December to the International Court of Arbitration in Paris. of that year – and was rated as the country’s fifth most successful governor by a prominent national In 2011, Magisters, which had now grown to As counsel, she has advised on disputes under a variety of applicable substantive laws, including the newspaper. He has previously served as the Honorary Consul of Austria to Lviv. over 100 lawyers, merged with the Ukrainian United Nations Convention on International Sales of Goods (CISG), the laws of Austria, England and Wales, office of regional powerhouse Egorov Puginsky Germany, France, India, Poland, Russia, Romania, Switzerland, Sweden, Ukraine and others. She has also Malskyy was one of the first Ukrainians to study international arbitration at Stockholm University and was Afanasiev & Partners. Following the merger, acted as an expert on Ukrainian law in under ICSID, LCIA, and PCA rules and before the UK courts. the first Ukrainian citizen to work in the Paris office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has published Sviriba was named managing partner. In 2018 he four books on international dispute resolution, authored over 100 papers on the subject, defended a joined Asters, the largest law firm Ukraine as co- A fan of Norwegian literature, she has translated works into Ukrainian and Russian. PhD in international arbitration and is currently completing a habilitation thesis on international dispute managing partner. resolution. His current practice focuses on international arbitration and cross-border litigation and typically sees him representing clients in courts In conversation with… and arbitrations both in Ukraine – where he has represented national and foreign ‘An innocent final question may ruin the credibility of a witness. During the cross-examination at an companies in the Ukrainian Supreme Court, the LCIA arbitration, an opposing counsel thanked his own witness and, in a concluding question, asked how he Supreme Commercial Court of Ukraine and the felt. Rather unexpectedly, the witness who just ten minutes ago had demonstrated a very good memory in International Commercial Arbitration Court at the relation to events taking place 10-15 years ago said: “Thank you for asking me. Things are not well. My Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce – and abroad wife divorced me and my kids are suing me. I use antidepressants and have difficulties in remembering (for example, he has advised clients on pre- anything”.’ n arbitration and arbitration procedures in Ukraine, EU and the US).

8 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 9 PROFILES

Elena Mashonskaya Zaza Bibilashvili Lasha Arveladze Arzinger & Partners BGI Legal COCAZ Legal

Job title: Partner Job title: Founder Job title: Partner Location: Belarus Location: Georgia Location: Georgia Number of years in practice: 15 Number of years in practice: 22 Number of years in practice: 20 Number of years as an arbitrator: Five Number of years as an arbitrator: 15 Admissions: Georgian Bar Current appointments as arbitrator: One Admissions: Georgian Bar Association Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Admissions: Minsk City Bar Association Main sectors covered: Corporate, construction, Central Asia, Africa, Caucasus, CIS Areas of focus: Trade, foreign trade, supply, real infrastructure, trade, transport and cargo Languages: English, Russian, Georgian estate, construction Geographical areas of focus: Georgia, Turkey, Geographical areas of focus: Germany, China, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, US, UK EU A founding partner of COCAZ LEGAL (formerly Languages: English, Georgian, Russian, French, AMK Law) with a broad range of public and Poland, Russia, Austria private law experience on a domestic and Languages: Russian, Slovak, English Spanish international matters, Lasha Arveladze advises clients on corporate matters, international and domestic business transactions, project Elena Mashonskaya focuses her practice on a wide Zaza Bibilashvili is a founder of BGI Advisory Services finance and energy transactions and specialises range of issues in the construction and Georgia and senior partner at BGI Legal. BGI was in alternative dispute resolutions. He has infrastructure sectors, including matters arising formed in 2005 when Ernst & Young (EY) decided to represented the State of Georgia in various from construction, design and survey contracts exit legal services. At that time, Bibilashvili was director investment disputes arising out from bilateral and supply contracts, as well as matters relating of EY’s legal services arm, EY Law Georgia, as well as investment treaty, energy charter treaty and to recognition of invalid transactions (including the director of its predecessor, GCG Law Office, which national law jurisdiction-based claims. He has bankruptcy proceedings) and subsidiary liability. was affiliated with Andersen Legal – both dominant also represented state-owned and associated She is a recommended arbitrator at the International players on the Georgian legal services market at the time. He is a founding board member of the Georgian entities in several international commercial Arbitration Court of the Belarusian Chamber of Bar Association (GBA) and the Association of Georgian Law Firms (ALFG), and a founder of the ALFG’s pro arbitral proceedings. He has served as arbitrator Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) and is regularly bono initiative. He is currently serving his third term on the board of ICC Georgia, the National Committee in various national arbitration tribunals and is called as counsel and arbitrator in domestic cases. of International Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business organisation, where he used to chair a listed arbitrator at the Georgian International She has been a partner and lawyer with Arzinger’s the Arbitration Commission. He has served on the boards of JSC Poti Seaport Corporation (Georgia’s largest Arbitration Center and Dispute Resolution Belarus office since it launched in 2006. Before port, 2008), JSC Teliani Valley (Georgia’s largest winemaker, 2010-2011), Foundation for Democracy and Centre. He is a registered lecturer at the Georgian joining Arzinger she worked in a range of state and Development (2008), United National Movement (2013-2018), American Friends of Georgia, Inc. (Georgian Bar Association and an ADR expert at the United supranational bodies, including the Ministry of Advisory Board), and the Georgian Vine Foundation (since 2012). Before entering private practice, he worked Nations Development Programme. Justice of the Republic of Belarus and the Economic with the Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations in New York. Court of the CIS. She also has a wide experience working in engineering and manufacturing companies.

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‘While preparing for an arbitration hearing one morning I was so distracted revising the arguments in my head that I accidentally poured boiling water onto my hand. I was unable to drive with the pain so I grabbed some Panthenol and persuaded my husband to drive me to the hearing. I spent the hearing pouring Panthenol on my hand, though the tribunal was very compassionate toward me. Fortunately, we ended up winning a very complicated case that day.’ n

10 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 11 PROFILES

Elnur Eyvazov Dr Aram Orbelyan Olga Vorozhbyt Capital Legal Services Concern Dialog DLA Piper

Job title: Senior Legal Advisor Job title: Senior Partner Job title: Head of Litigation and Regulatory Location: Azerbaijan Location: Armenia practice (Kiev) Number of years in practice: 12 Number of years in practice: 12 Location: Ukraine Main sectors covered: Technology, energy, Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven Number of years in practice: 21 construction, financial services Languages: Armenian, English, Russian and Admissions: Ukraine German Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English Elnur Eyvazov is a senior associate at Capital Legal Services (CLS). He has an extensive academic Aram Orbelyan has led the litigation and Olga Vorozhbyt heads the litigation and regulatory and professional background in advising both arbitration practice at Concern Dialog since 2014. practice at DLA Piper Ukraine. She focuses her international, regional and Azeri companies, as His work as arbitration counsel typically involves practice on international arbitration, litigation, well as individuals. Eyvazov is a US and UK trained representing government or other public compliance and global investigations. She has lawyer, widely published in the areas of arbitration/ authorities, including the City of Yerevan and 20 years of experience in complex domestic and IDS, international commercial, corporate and the Project Implementation Units within various cross-border litigation and international arbitration financial law. ministries, both in investor-state and commercial proceedings. Her clients include Fortune 500 arbitrations. He is a Member of the Chamber companies across a broad range of sectors, from As counsel, he has acted on a number of high- of Advocates of Armenia and has been a listed commercial banks, financial services, telecom profile arbitrations, including: representing Mitaki arbitrator in various national and international and agriculture, through to construction, aircraft international on its international arbitration issues centres. Between 2011 and 2014, he was deputy manufacturing, and shipping. in Germany; advising a group of foreign corporates minister of Armenia, responsible for the reform on a debt recovery and potential arbitration and of the civil and civil procedure legislation Her standout matters include advising an agency of litigation matters, including in the Azerbaijani and (including co-authoring the civil procedure the United States of America on matters related to Russian courts, and representing and advising leading international banks on arbitrations arising from code and major amendments to the law of enforceability of arbitration clauses to be included several multi-million high-scale loan transactions to a major oil and gas company in the construction of arbitration), e-justice implementation as well into multiple contracts constituting an over $500m a petrochemical complex in Azerbaijan, backed by a state guarantee. as ADR (including arbitration) reforms. He now cross-border financing transaction, and representing serves as president of the Arbitrators’ Association a Turkish engineering and construction company in Before joining CLS, he worked for various leading companies and organisations both in the UK, of the Republic of Armenia, an NGO that seeks a significant arbitration dispute under the Rules of US and Azerbaijan. He has participated in numerous international and local projects where he to promote arbitration but does not act as an the ICAC of Moscow, which arose in relation to the demonstrated his high professional and personal skills. Eyvazov has received a number of awards for his arbitration centre. In addition to his practice, construction of a football stadium in Ukraine. outstanding teaching, legal work and contributions to diversity and inclusion projects in the legal and Orbelyan lectures at the French University of consultancy sectors, both in Azerbaijan and internationally. He has also received media coverage for his Armenia (UFAR), the School of Advocates and She is a board member of the Ukrainian Arbitration achievements as a person with disability. Eyvazov is a member of the editorial board of some leading Justice Academy, and is a consulting member of Association, and a member of the American regional and international law journals. international organisations and state agencies on Chamber of Commerce and the European Business reform issues (mostly around human rights and Association. good governance issues). His PhD thesis in Public International Law has been used by the Russian Federation to develop its position in international arbitration cases.

12 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 13 PROFILES

Mikhail Ivanov Evgeny Raschevsky Dennis Turovets Oleh Beketov Eugene Blinov Dentons Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Eterna Eterna Law

Job title: Head of Russian Litigation and Job title: Head of International Arbitration and Litigation Job title: Managing Partner (Minsk) Job title: Partner, Head of International Job title: Partner Arbitration Practice Location: Russia Location: Belarus Litigation Department Location: Ukraine Location: Russia Number of years in practice: 21 Admissions: Minsk Bar, International Bar Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 20 Number of years as an arbitrator: Two Association (IBA), IBA European forum Number of years in practice: 16 Number of years as an arbitrator: Six Admissions: Admitted in Russia Admissions: Moscow City Bar; Courts of Russian Federation council, Belarusian Republican Union of Admissions: Ukraine Admissions: Ukraine National Bar Geographical areas of focus: Russia, CIS, Main sectors covered: Oil and gas, energy, product sharing/concession agreements, supply Lawyers Main sectors covered: Post M&A and Main sectors covered: International trade, Europe, China of natural gas, transportation of natural gas, LNG, production and supply of electricity, grid Main areas of practice: International shareholders disputes, international trade commodities, maritime law Languages: Russian, English, German transmission, construction arbitration and litigation, dispute disputes, construction disputes, banking Geographical areas of focus: CIS countries Geographical areas of focus: Continental Europe, Northern Europe, Eurasia, CIS, Middle East, India, resolution, banking and finance, capital disputes (esp. Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan) North Africa markets, real estate and construction, IP/ Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English Mikhail Ivanov is a partner in Dentons’ St Petersburg office and head of the firm’s Russian Languages: Russian, English TMT, tax and international trade & customs Russia, CIS litigation and arbitration practice. He specialises Languages: English, Russian and Belarusian Languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian, Eugene Blinov has deep experience in in the resolution of disputes between foreign Polish international arbitration and has successfully investors and major Russian companies, Evgeny Raschevsky is partner, head of the international arbitration and litigation and pharmaceuticals and represented companies at various international representing clients in international commercial healthcare practice groups at Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners (EPAM). He specialises in international Dennis Turovets is managing partner of Egorov arbitration forums ranging from the ICC, LCIA arbitrations under a variety of Rules and in the arbitration and litigation, international public law, insolvency procedures and dispute resolution in the Puginsky Afanasiev and Partners’ Minsk office Oleh Beketov is senior partner and head of and SCC to the Grain and Feed Trade Association enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Russia. energy sector and is experienced in international arbitration proceedings under ICAC of CCI of Russia and head of the firm’s international arbitration international litigation at Eterna Law, a European (GAFTA), the Federation of Oils, Seeds & Fats In 2020, he was appointed to the Board of the (MKAS), ICC, LCIA, SCC and Swiss Rules, as well as coordination of litigation cases in the UK, the USA, and litigation practice. Clients refer to him as a full-service law firm possessing strong expertise Associations (FOSFA), and the London Maritime Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute Germany, Turkey and other countries. His many standout matters include successfully representing the ‘highly professional lawyer with exceptional legal in the CIS region. He has 16 years of experience Arbitrators Association (LMAA) and London of Modern Arbitration. Russian Federation in its defence against a claim filed by Georgia at the International Court of Justice in The experience, outstanding communication skills, advising on both the pre-litigation and Metal Exchange (LME) arbitral panel. He has also Hague. and a deep knowledge of the market’, and have litigation stages of debt collection matters and managed multiple disputes submitted to courts praised his contribution to EPA&P’s world-class substantial expertise in international commercial in numerous jurisdictions. Raschevsky is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and International Counsel for arbitration practice. Although Turovets focuses arbitration, including resolving corporate and Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), and holds a position with the Arbitrators Nominating Committee of the on banking and finance matters – in which post-M&A disputes before LCIA and ICC arbitral Before entering private practice he served as Russian Arbitration Association (RAA). He also sits as a member of the SIAC Users Council’s Russia Committee, capacity he has acted on many of the largest tribunals. He typically represents shareholders of general counsel and public policy expert at a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change financing facilities in Belarus – he has also significant businesses, state-owned and private Ukrainian Academy of European Integration, and Related Disputes. worked on some of the region’s largest and most banks, IT, construction and trading companies. before that was a consultant ro the Verkhovna complex arbitration matters, including: advising Prior to joining Eterna Law, Beketov worked in Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament. Apart from being a He is the author of a number of well-respected publications dealing with the international civil procedure, on the first ever investment arbitration against Magisters, one of the major Ukrainian law firms devoted arbitration practitioner, he is an avid international arbitration, and legal issues related to gas supply and transmission. Outside his busy practice, the Republic of Belarus, a matter which also at the time, and interned for US law firm Alston & collector of modern arts and antiques. he is a lecturer on the Moscow State University’s insolvency law master program. He graduated from the opened protection of Russian investments within Bird. He also worked as an assistant to the Chair Law School of Volgograd State University in 1999 and received a master’s degree from the Russian School of the Eurasian Economic Union and represented of the Committee of Parliament of Ukraine on Private Law in 2001 before completing his PhD in Law in 2004. the first time the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Legal Policy. In 2010, he was elected as co-chair Union (2014) was implemented for protection of New York State Bar Association in Ukraine. of Russian investors in the Member States, and advising the Belarusian subsidiary of Russian and global energy company Gazprom to recover millions of dollars’ worth of debts, the first sizable dispute between Russia and Belarus and one which attracted significant media coverage in both countries.

14 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 15 PROFILES

Nick Gvinadze Ekaterina Tilling Roger Gladei Alexei Panich Gvinadze & Partners Eversheds Sutherland Gladei & Partners Herbert Smith Freehills

Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Partner Gvinadze is a recent former member of the ICC Location: Georgia Court and continues to sit on the ICC members’ Location: Russia Location: Moldova Location: Russia Number of years in practice: 25 committee in Paris. He currently chairs the Arbitration Number of years in practice: 20 Number of years in practice: 25 Number of years in practice: 21 Admissions: Georgian Bar Association Commission at the Georgian National Committee Number of years as an arbitrator: Two Admissions: Moldovan Bar Admissions: Moscow Bar of the ICC, and is a Belt & Road Ambassador of the Main sectors covered: Energy, infrastructure, tax, Court, one of the few regional commissions to deal Admissions: Moscow Region Bar Geographical areas of focus: Moldova and Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS dispute resolution with Belt and Road Initiative projects. These projects Main sectors covered: Intellectual property CIS Languages: Russian, English, French Geographical areas of focus: Georgia, Western could prove significant for Georgia. The Anaklia Deep (inc. pharma, TMT, FMCG, IT and others) Languages: Romanian, English, Russian Sea Port and Special Economic Zone (Anaklia SEZ), a Europe $2.5bn deepwater port on Georgia’s Black Sea Coast Languages: Russian, English Alexei Panich is a partner in the dispute Languages: English, Georgian, French has already attracted Chinese investment. Gvinadze, Over a 25-year legal career, Roger Gladei has resolution practice of Herbert Smith Freehills in who has worked on a number of transformational acted on some of Moldova’s most high-profile Moscow, specialist in litigation and arbitration. infrastructure projects, including as lead lawyer to a Ekaterina Tilling is the head of Eversheds disputes. He began his legal career by spending For more than 20 years he has been representing ‘The leading arbitration practitioner in Georgia by far’, Caspian pipeline project involving BP, is well-placed Sutherland’s Russian intellectual property practice ten years in-house at a prominent domestic bank, clients in complex corporate, commercial, according to a senior Paris-based arbitration counsel, to comment. ‘Georgia has been promoting itself on and is recognised for her experience in this area. eventually holding concurrent roles as head of construction and banking disputes, cross- Nick Gvinadze has 25 years’ experience in of both BRI, and with any new cross-border project comes the She specialises in arbitration and litigation, with legal, corporate secretary, and head of AML. Since border debt recovery as well as in bankruptcy Georgian and cross-border commercial law, with potential for international arbitration. I feel the best- a particular focus on IP issues and has significant then he has been practicing as independent proceedings. He has extensive experience in particular focus on energy, infrastructure, tax and placed forum for these disputes is the ICC, and if such experience in handling complex investment legal counsel, initially as partner with a Moldovan advising on complex Russian and international dispute resolution. Now managing partner of leading disputes arise I want to channel them into the ICC projects involving different IP assets, as well law firm and subsequently as co-founder and litigation and arbitration matters affecting the Georgian firm Gvinadze & Partners, he has advised courts.’ as in negotiating and advising on various IT managing partner of Gladei & Partners. activities of both foreign investors and national on a number of key foreign investment projects in transactions (including software development, Russian companies. His representations as Georgia, including major oil and gas transportation Gvinadze has also helped shape Georgia’s arbitration franchising, and IP assignment and licensing. She He is the first and current President of Chisinau arbitration counsel include acting for: a Russian projects in the Caspian region, and has acted in a scene more directly as former Chairman of the is highly skilled in solving IP disputes in Russian Court of International Commercial Arbitration high net worth individual in a settlement of number of higher profile proceedings in the Georgian Arbitration Court of the Georgian Chamber of courts of all levels, including the Supreme Court of (CACIC) under the American Chamber of a dispute related to recovery of over $1bn Courts as well as in international arbitration. Commerce and Industry, where he authored the the Russian Federation, as well as in forums such Commerce in Moldova (AmCham). Set up in damages being considered by the London Court Court’s Arbitration Rules. Since then Georgia has seen the EU-Georgia Business Council (EUGBC) and as the Chamber of Patent Disputes of Rospatent, 2017, AmCham CACIC is the first significant ADR of International Arbitration (LCIA); Royal Bank of Before re-launching Gvinadze & Partners in 2010, the launch of the Georgian International Arbitration Georgian-Swiss Business Association (GSBA). antimonopoly bodies and the prosecutor’s offices. forum catering to businesses disputes arising in Scotland and the syndicate of other banks in a he was a partner at DLA Piper Gvinadze & Partners, Centre (GIAC), its first non-profit arbitration He is a founding member of the Georgian Bar Moldova and/or in connection with Moldovan US$300m LCIA arbitration against Kazakhstan headed Ernst & Young’s legal practice in Georgia, institution. Gvinadze, who describes himself as ‘very Association (GBA) as well as Georgian Young Lawyers Tilling is an active member of the IP Committee parties. Together with his peers from the CACIC companies, operating in Russia and Kazakhstan, was a partner at GCG Law Office (a leading Georgian much a supporter of GIAC’, believes the next logical Association (GYLA, a lead Georgian NGO), and is of ICC Russia as well as a member of several Steering Committee and the CACIC Secretariat, and a Gazprom subsidiary in a US$125 million law firm in the 1990s), served as an attorney to the step would be for Georgia to host a representative also a member of the International Bar Association working groups of the global ICC Commission of Gladei has, ‘established the organisational and dispute aimed at the cancellation of an award Financial Department of the Georgian Parliament, and office of the ICC, a move that would help to cement (IBA) and the International Council for Commercial Intellectual Property. She is the author of many procedural framework of CACIC, making it a of the International Commercial Arbitration acted as local counsel to an international law firm in the country’s place as a bridge between Europe Arbitration (ICCA). He has previously sat on the IP publications in Russia and abroad including reputable ADR forum, where business have been Court. He has also represented three Russian the UK. and Asia. ‘With initiatives like BRI Georgia finds itself Board of Transparency International Georgia, Grants commentaries on Russia’s key legislative acts. addressing not only for arbitration, but also for biathletes in Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in a unique place to act as a credible, independent Commission of the Open Society Georgia Foundation, She is also active in shaping Russia’s IP landscape conciliation and mediation.’ proceedings relating to doping allegations. Outside of his busy practice, Gvinadze is perhaps jurisdiction for disputes. The ICC has a phenomenally as well as on the Investment Support Council at as a senior teacher at the National Research most famous for his work with the International high reputation among the legal community and any the Georgian Parliament. Over the years, he has University’s Higher School of Economics. She has Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of moves to take out a formal presence here would be lectured extensively on various aspects of Georgian also developed several programs on IP rights Commerce (ICC). He has been litigating with the ICC welcomed by both businesses and investors.’ and International Business Law at various leading issues for master’s students at the International Courts in Paris for many years, and has since been educational institutions in Georgia. Laboratory for Information Technology and closely involved in ongoing work to establish Georgia Gvinadze co-chairs the British-Georgian Law Intellectual Property of the Theory and History as a regional centre of arbitration. Association (BGLA), and sits on the Boards of of Law department. She is included in the United Register of recommended arbiters of the Arbitration Center of the Institute of Modern Arbitrazh and is also qualified as a Mediator of International and Community Conflicts by the Conflict Resolution, Research and Resource Institute.

16 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 17 PROFILES

Alexei Dudko Yulia Karpova Roman Marchenko Dmytro Marchukov Hogan Lovells Infralex Ilyashev & Partners Offices Integrites

Job title: Partner Job title: Partner, Head of Disputes Job title: Senior Partner Job title: Partner Location: Russia Location: Russia Location: Ukraine Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 22 Number of years in practice: 11 Number of years in practice: 23 Number of years in practice: 15 Number of years as an arbitrator: Five Admissions: Moscow Bar Number of years as an arbitrator: 19 Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven Current appointments as arbitrator: Two Main sectors covered: Investment, real estate, Admissions: Ukraine Admissions: Ukrainian bar (admitted to all courts of Ukraine) Admissions: Moscow City Bar; all Russian corporate disputes Main sectors covered: Energy and Main sectors: Oil & gas, energy, banking & finance, military & defence, media & courts Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS resources, transport (aviation, shipping), telecommunications Main sectors covered: Energy and natural Languages: English, Russian property and real estate, construction and Geographical areas of focus: CIS, offshore resources, telecommunications, real infrastructure Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian estate, construction, financial services, Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, Yulia Karpova is partner and head of dispute international trade, life sciences resolution at Infralex. She has more than 10 years Russia, UK, US Dmytro Marchukov is partner and head of cross-border litigation at Integrites. He has represented Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS of experience in dispute resolution, insolvency law Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English international and local clients in practically every kind of dispute, including national and cross-border Languages: Russian, English, German (bankruptcy), corporate law, investment projects, litigation, transnational insolvency and receivership, asset tracing and recovery, fraud investigation, private international law, M&A and transaction enforcement of mortgages and pledges (including pledges against shareholdings in Ukrainian companies), support. Karpova specialises in the settlement of With a strong background in both dispute commercial and investment arbitration under the major institutional and ad hoc rules, as well as recognition Heading the Russian dispute resolution practice commercial disputes in Russian state arbitration resolution and international arbitration work, co- and enforcement of foreign judicial and arbitral awards. He also occasionally receives appointments as an of Hogan Lovells, Alexei Dudko offers clients courts, including the Supreme Court of the Russian founder of Ilyashev & Partners Roman Marchenko arbitrator and acts as the Ukrainian law expert in the foreign proceedings in Great Britain, Switzerland and the benefit of over two decades’ experience as Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the is regarded as one of the strongest practitioners on Cyprus. an accomplished litigator and advisor. He has a Russian Federation (before its unification with the in the international dispute resolution field in strong record of winning complex cases in both Supreme Court of the Russian Federation). She has Ukraine. Each year he supervises over 500 of the commercial and general courts in Russia and in represented parties in major disputes related to various industries, including disputes involving investment firm’s disputes in Ukraine and abroad. international arbitrations and is a recognised activities, real estate and complex corporate conflicts. She is also skilled in carrying out a comprehensive authority on Russian and international fraud examination of claim and claim work, as well as evaluating prospects of current court disputes. Among her As counsel, he has many years of experience in In conversation with… and asset tracing litigation. He has served as key clients, whose interests were successfully protected in court, are some of the largest banks, resource international commercial arbitrations under to all counsel in numerous international arbitrations, producing and manufacturing enterprises, railway transport enterprises, federal government bodies and major arbitration rules and has acted in a number ‘In my first appointment as arbitrator, the defendant paid out the entire amount claimed before my involving commercial and investment disputes their subordinate institutions. of prominent and high value investor-state and co-arbitrator and I had even appointed the chairman. The institution (one of the leading arbitral institutions in the energy and natural resources, sports, commercial arbitrations. Marchenko was the first globally) then asked the parties whether they had reached any agreement on allocation of costs, which the telecommunications, real estate and financial to successfully have recognised in Ukraine an claimant had by then incurred. The parties did not care to respond and the case was “forgotten”. At some services sectors. As arbitration counsel, he order issued by the English Courts according to point, I asked my co-arbitrator (who was more experienced) whether we should remind everyone that the focuses on Russia- and CIS- related disputes. He the principle of reciprocity. arbitration was still hanging in the air. She told me not to bother. The institution’s case management team has arbitration experience under the rules of all remembered the existence of this arbitration only years later, at which point it asked the parties about the major arbitration centres in Europe, Russia, and Since 2001, he has acted as an arbitrator in allocation of costs again. This time the parties told everyone not to bother, after which the case was officially South East Asia and is a registered arbitrator of international arbitration proceedings on a closed. Thus, formally my first arbitration, on which I was an arbitrator, was running (or, perhaps, crawling) for the Russian Arbitration Centre at the Russian regular basis. He was appointed as an arbitrator some three years… like a full-blown BIT dispute!’ n Institute of Modern Arbitration, the Arbitration for LCIA, ICC, LMAA, SCC, a number of ad hoc Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and arbitrations, including arbitral panels in Ukraine. Entrepreneurs the Russian Arbitration Association, He is currently vice president of the Ukrainian the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Law Firms Association. (SIAC), Harbin Arbitration Commission, Kazakhstan International Arbitration Court and Tashkent International Arbitration Centre. He also has extensive experience of conducting corporate internal investigations for major corporations, as well as their senior management and top executives, and advising on all aspects of bribery, corruption, and fraudulent activities.

18 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 19 PROFILES

Olena Perepelynska Artashes Kakoyan Andrey Gorlenko Integrites Investment Law Group Ivanyan and Partners

Job title: Partner and Head of the CIS Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Partner institutions permitted to operate in the country, Arbitration Practice Location: Armenia Location: Russia with more than one thousand previously existing Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 41 Number of years in practice: 14 centres reduced to just five approved institutions: the Number of years in practice: 17 Admissions: Georgia International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS, and Maritime Arbitration Commission (MAC) at the Number of years as an arbitrator: Ten Main sectors covered: Commercial International Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Current appointments as arbitrator: Two transactions, corporate relations, mining, Languages: Russian, English, German Federation; the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Admissions: Ukraine National Bar energy, water, telecommunications Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; the Russian Arbitration Centre (RAC) at the Russian Main sectors covered: Commercial law, Geographical areas of focus: Andrey Gorlenko is a leading expert in the field Institute of Modern Arbitration; and, most recently, private international law, international Languages: Armenian, English, France of arbitration in Russia, with vast experience in the Sports Arbitration Chamber. The Hong Kong trade, banking & finance, corporate law, international disputes. For over a decade he has International Arbitration Centre and the Vienna specialised in complex commercial and corporate International Arbitration Centre have since been construction, agriculture Artashes Kakoyan is the founder and managing disputes in Russia and abroad – representing clients in granted permission to administer Russian-seated Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, CIS partner of Investment Law Group. He began his domestic litigation and arbitration and international arbitrations. Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English, legal career as project manager and unit director arbitration – and also advised in connection with of the Agricultural Wholesale Market, a European disputes in foreign jurisdictions. One of these five licenced centres, RAC, owes its Spanish, German, French Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) existence to Gorlenko. ‘My involvement in the special project before joining the Overseas Private He began his career at Reznik, Gagarin and Partners, committee gave me a great interest not only in how Investment Corporation (a US government agency) one of Russia’s oldest law bureaus, where he dealt arbitration should work in Russia, but in how it would Olena Perepelynska is a recognised legal expert as legal adviser. In 1999 he established Investment with complex disputes, Russian litigation, cross- be administered’, says Gorlenko. ‘As soon as the laws in international commercial arbitration, dispute Law Group. He now provides legal assistance to border disputes, and both domestic and international were adopted I had the idea to start a new centre. resolution and international trade with 17 years well-known local and foreign clients in various sectors and is a prominent figure in the development of arbitration matters. The matters on which he worked What was important to me is that this would be an of professional experience in these fields. Since arbitration in Armenia. For example, he led the team of lawyers responsible for drafting the new Mining typically spanned many jurisdictions and involved absolutely greenfield project with no restrictions 2003, she has participated in about 90 arbitral Code of Armenia, provided technical assistance to the Public Services Regulatory Commission in its asset tracing, insolvency, enforcement and annulment arising from history or tradition. It was an opportunity proceedings in more than ten jurisdictions development of a regulatory framework for the telecommunications sector of Armenia, and led the proceedings. In many of these matters, Gorlenko to create something truly new and world-class in In conversation with… under a variety of arbitral rules and in matters liberalisation of the Armenian telecommunications sector, drafting the new Telecommunications Act and worked closely with Debevoise & Plimpton’s London Russia.’ relating to project financing, maritime law and overseeing the legal aspects of initial privatisation schemes. and Moscow offices. In 2015, he moved to join ‘I like challenging projects. The offer of moving international trade as well as issues arising from Debevoise’s Moscow office, where he was part of the The demands of this new project meant that to Ivanyan & Partners to build an arbitration practice the economic activities of leading companies team that represented global steel producer NLMK Gorlenko had to leave Debevoise, and for the next was exactly the sort of role I wanted. It gives me the in a number of sectors. She has acted as an in its successful defence in the English High Court three and a half years he occupied himself solely chance to build an entirely new type of Russian law arbitrator in more than 30 arbitrations seated against an application to enforce a Russian arbitral with building RIMA into a major competitor to firm that will compete with international firms in in London, Stockholm, Kyiv and Minsk. She is award that had been set aside by the Russian courts Russia’s more established institutions. It has since the global market. Uniquely, we have teams in both president of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (Nikolay Viktorovich Maximov vs Novolipsetsky developed one of the best sets of arbitration rules Moscow and London that are working together to (UAA), board member of the Russian Arbitration Metallurgichesky Kombinat). in the world, attracting more than 350 of the best provide market-leading service. For now, we are Association, president of the Polish-Ukrainian Russian and foreign arbitrators. Its international board involved heavily in investor-state cases, but the scope chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club and In the same year that Gorlenko joined Debevoise, The is composed of figures such as The Right Honourable of our work will grow to support international clients member of the global steering committee of the Russian Federation’s Code of Administrative Procedure Dame Elizabeth Gloster, Debevoise partner David in all commercial arbitration matters. Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge. (the Administrative Procedure Code) entered into Rivkin, and the much esteemed Neil Kaplan. It has force. As a member of the special committee that also expanded from its base in Moscow to open three The Russian Arbitration Centre (RAC) at the was officially assisting the Russian Ministry of Justice regional offices. Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration has already to articulate and shape these new arbitration laws, made a great impact on international arbitration, Gorlenko played no small part in shaping these Gorlenko remains President of the Board at RAC. He but its true legacy will not be the disputes it handles, laws. joined Ivanyan & Partners on 1 December 2019 to but the new generation of lawyers it educates and work on building up its arbitration practice alongside inspires. We are investing in the future. In ten years’ One consequence of Russia’s arbitration reform Baiju Vasani. time, we will see Russian qualified lawyers competing was to significantly reduce the number of arbitral with international firms.’ n

20 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 21 PROFILES

Baiju Vasani Nurbek Sabirov Ivanyan and Partners Kalikova & Associates

Job title: Partner Job title: Partner by handpicking an entirely new team. He has since Location: Russia/London hired associates from the London offices of Jones Day Location: Kyrgyz Republic Number of years in practice: 21 and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, and hired a Number of years in practice: 17 partner from Clifford Chance as part of a new ten- In conversation with… Number of years as an arbitrator: 14 Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven lawyer team that is set to grow further in the coming Admissions: District of Columbia (2008), England & months. This multinational and multilingual team ‘The Russian Federation’s ongoing Admissions: Kyrgyz Republic (covering all Wales (Solicitor) (2004), Texas (2003, inactive), Bar comprised of British, Hungarian, Greek, Iranian, and investment treaty cases against Ukraine are itself of that protection. There are many other administrative and court proceedings in Russian lawyers is now coordinating their efforts with subject to the vagaries of how different actors challenges to the prevailing narrative which we the Kyrgyz Republic) of England and Wales (Barrister) (1999, inactive) the Russian offices of Ivanyan & Partners. The firm is view the geopolitics of Crimea. One narrative hope to fight in these cases. Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS, currently setting up an entity with the SRA, a move is that Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula, Principal matters covered: Credit and loans, international which will make it the first Russian law firm to take out which is integrally the territory of Ukraine. Firstly, at the time these parties invested sale and purchase, lease agreements, a significant operational presence in the UK market. The other view is that Crimea was given by they were investing in Ukraine. None of unjust enrichment In the immediate future the team will handle work for the Soviet Union to the Ukrainian SSR and them made a foreign investment, none of Baiju Vasani joined Ivanyan & Partners as head of clients in Russia and the CIS, but is set to ultimately was not integral to its territory. Most of the them intended to do so. Therefore, this type Geographical areas of focus: CIS international arbitration in November 2019. He serve international clients with no connection to inhabitants of Crimea are ethnically Russian, of tribunal is inappropriate. Furthermore, a Languages: English, Russian, Kyrgyz arrived from the London and Washington, DC offices those markets. ‘Effectively’, says Vasani, ‘it is an elite- and the results of a public referendum, in which bilateral investment tribunal cannot determine of Jones Day, where he had been a hugely respected level team operating at a lower cost point within a the overwhelming number of people voted who is and who is not sovereign. That question partner and was consistently ranked among the boutique structure. We will be handling a full gamut to succeed, bears this out. Layer on to this the is reserved for a tribunal imbued with power ‘In my view, to be an arbitrator is not a power, it is a leading arbitration lawyers in the US. This slightly of cases, from English litigation to investor-state and fact that there was a revolution to overthrow a to determine territorial sovereignty, and is far huge responsibility’, says Nurbek Sabirov, partner unconventional move has seen Vasani offered an commercial arbitration and public international law.’ democratically elected government in Ukraine beyond the domain of an investment tribunal. and the leader the litigation and arbitration opportunity few arbitration counsel will ever see in and you have a state of affairs that is far more Finally, Ukraine has passed legislation stating practice group of Kalikova & Associates. ‘Parties their lives – representing the Russian Federation in a Vasani is also defending Russia before the complicated than the conventional narrative that while Crimea is “under Russian occupation” authorise and trust the arbitrators to consider a number of investor-state cases related to Crimea. International Court of Justice, the European Court of Another highlight from this time is Vladislav Kim and allows for. No matter how one looks at it, there any Russian citizen living in Crimea is not dispute and arbitrators must be worthy of that Human Rights and the United Nations Convention others v Uzbekistan, in which Vasani represented 12 was overwhelming support – and independent recognised as a foreign investor when they trust. Trust is a cornerstone of the arbitration as It all began in early 2019 when Khristophor Ivanyan, on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) on maritime cases Kazakh investors in the Uzbekistani cement industry. observers confirm this – among citizens of invest in Ukraine. This legislation makes it clear institution.’ a specialist in cross-border commercial disputes who concerning coastal rights in the Black Sea, the Sea The opposing counsel in this matter, White & Case, Crimea for joining Russia. that Russian citizens are not protected by the has a fearsome reputation as a litigator, was looking of Azov and the Kerch Strait, and is acting as co- ran a corruption defence that had previously proved investment treaty and will not receive a penny As an arbitrator, Sabirov has considered 30 for someone to lead the firm’s representation of lead counsel to the Russian Federation in Sitting as successful in cases brought on behalf of Uzbekistan. As part of that reunification, there were in award. However, Ukraine is expecting Russia cases, including more than 15 as sole arbitrator the Russian Federation in several investment treaty claimants-appointed arbitrator in Canadian nationals’ Vasani and his team not only defeated that defence businesses established by two categories of to compensate what it claims to be Ukrainian appointed by the International Court of arbitrations brought by Ukrainian investors over the ICSID arbitration against Serbia in relation to the but we won sanctions against White & Case for breach entities – both Ukrainian government-owned citizens living in Crimea. Clearly, Russia’s Arbitration under the Chamber of Commerce alleged expropriation of their assets in Crimea. country’s agricultural sector. of confidentiality. entities and those owned by, for want of a obligation to pay is conditional on Ukraine’s and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic. He has also better word, Ukrainian oligarchs, that were obligation to pay, and we feel this is a lack served as a member of tribunal considered a case That year, The Russian Federation had decided to Prior to joining Ivanyan & partners Vasani spent nearly At Jones Day he maintained a solid practice in confiscated. These assets were things that of reciprocity invalidates any claims made by in accordance with UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, reverse its position and fight the bilateral investment two decades in US “Big Law” where he maintained a commercial arbitration, representing multinationals are deemed vital and in the public interest, Ukraine.’ n and as a member of tribunal of international treaty claims, even in cases where it did not formally sizable practice in relation to Central Asia. Among the such as Boeing, IBM and Marriott. Vasani has also things such as electricity distribution networks commercial arbitration considered a case in recognise the tribunal’s jurisdiction. Vasani was many standout matters he oversaw during this period sat as an arbitrator in a number of high-profile cases or ports. All of the claimants subject to such accordance with ICC Arbitration Rules and appointed to help lead one of the most closely was the decision in World Wide Minerals v Republic of and is currently tribunal chair in a SIAC arbitration confiscation had the opportunity to bring foreign applicable law. He is an arbitrator of watched sagas in international arbitration. Kazakhstan, an UNCITRAL case that saw him secure under Indian law in relation to the healthcare their actions in the courts, which they chose Qinzhou Arbitration Commission (China), Riga an unlikely victory for a Canadian client. ‘Worldwide sector. not to do. They have instead chosen to use the International Commercial Arbitration Court ‘I saw this as a chance to do something completely Minerals had invested in Kazakhstan in the 1990s and was Ukraine-Russia bilateral investment treaty. (Latvia), Georgian International Arbitration different’, says Vasani. ‘It was an amazing opportunity subsequently expropriated’, Vasani explains. ‘One of my He was appointed to the New York Convention Center, and of the International Court of to lead the defence of the Russian Federation in a matter colleagues in Toronto came to me with “a crazy idea” and Task Force for Somalia in 2016, a position which Our primary line of argument is that there is Arbitration of the KR Chamber of Commerce that is hugely consequential for both that country and proposed that we should bring a claim under the Canada/ he still holds, and in the same year was elected a no jurisdiction. In order for a claimant to bring and Industry. Sabirov also has significant for international arbitration. In the first few weeks I had USSR BIT. This was in 2009, and the idea that Kazakhstan member of the Drafting Committee for the Somali a claim against the Russian Federation the experience in commercial and civil litigation met with the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation might be the legal successor to a treaty signed with the Arbitration Bill. Since 2015 he has been Head of the tribunal has to establish that Crimea is Russian cases and has previously acted as a legal expert several times to scope out how we would respond to USSR in 1989 seemed a long-shot as no one really knew Program Committee for the Somali International sovereign territory. Under the Ukraine-Russia to the Secretariat of the President of the Kyrgyz these claims. Clearly, the opportunity was too good to whether it would still apply. We fought a good case and Arbitration Summit (SIAS) and Head of the Legal Task bilateral investment treaty both states pledged Republic. turn down.’ won on jurisdiction before bringing the merits claim to Force for the creation of the East African Arbitration to protect the assets of the other. However, secure an award of around $50m. For a company that Center, a joint effort between the Djibouti Chamber since Ukraine does not accept that Crimea is Moving to Ivanyan & Partners also presented Vasani was expropriated in the 1990s to get that amount today is of Commerce (CCD) and the Intergovernmental Russian sovereign territory it cannot avail with the opportunity to create firm in his own vision a really nice story.’ Authority on Development (IGAD).

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Zhibek Karamanova Mukhit Yeleuov Kostiantyn Likarchuk Keremet Holding Kinstellar Kinstellar

Job title: Founder and Managing Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Managing Partner as the ICC in Paris and the SCC in Stockholm. He also Location: Kazakhstan Location: Kazakhstan Location: Ukraine periodically handles domestic-seated arbitrations at Number of years in practice: 16 Number of years in practice: 16 the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Number of years in practice: 22 (ICAC). Number of years as an arbitrator: 11 Number of years as an arbitrator: Four Admissions: Ukraine Current appointments as arbitrator: Three Current appointments as arbitrator: One Geographical areas of focus: Central and Recently, he was involved in a significant post-M&A arbitration against a wholly-owned subsidiary of (as sole arbitrator) Admissions: Admitted in Kazakhstan since 1999 Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Southeast Admissions: Republic of Kazakhstan Main sectors covered: Oil and gas, energy, construction, mining and metals Oman’s sovereign wealth fund. In this ICC Rules Asia arbitration, valued at approximately £450m, Likarchuk Main sectors covered: Energy, investments, Geographical areas of focus: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, English and the Kinstellar team acted alone to successfully corporate law, securities, IP law Languages: English, Kazakh, Russian, Turkish defend around 20 claims brought by a large Ukrainian Geographical areas of focus: CIS, US, agricultural group against a former shareholder. Kostiantyn Likarchuk is a partner in Kinstellar’s He is now acting on a significant shareholder Europe, Asia, Middle East Mukhit Yeleuov is among the CIS region’s most highly regarded arbitration counsel. He specialises in high- Kiev office and head of the firm’s dispute resolution dispute involving allegations of conspiracy and Languages: Kazakh, Russian, English value complex commercial matters and has been involved in many of the most important disputes in and practice, in which role he oversees all matters across embezzlement of assets, this time held under LCIA related to Kazakhstan. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator and appears as an expert on Kazakh law before 11 offices, from Czech Republic and Hungary to Rules in London. arbitral tribunals. Turkey and Kazakhstan. He represents local and Zhibek Karamanova is founder and managing international corporate clients, banks and other partner of Keremet Holding, a firm offering Significant recent cases on which he has led include acting for a major construction company in its financial institutions as well as high-net-worth- business consulting and legal support on arbitration against a subcontractor related to a multimillion-dollar dispute under a construction contract for individuals in a variety of disputes arising out of international transactions and representing a major project in Astana. their business and investment activity, with a In conversation with… clients’ in litigation and arbitration matters, particular focus on shareholder disputes. both directly and alongside international law Yeleuov is member of both the Kazakhstan Bar Association Management Board and Committee on Courts ‘Good arbitration counsel may not necessarily firms. Prior to setting up Keremet Holding in and Arbitration, a member of the EUROBAK HR Committee and sits on the global advisory board at Indiana Likarchuk began his career as a corporate lawyer. be good arbitrators or judges. The issue with 2016, Karamanova spent a number of years at University Maurer School of Law. He is a Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.) and has taught law in the US, During the financial crisis of 2008 he began to work international commercial arbitration is that most understands local clients’ needs in arbitration. We prominent Kazakh and international firms such at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Kazakhstan, at the Law School of KIMEP University more frequently on contentious matters and has people practicing as counsel at leading global bring our regional and local understanding of clients’ as Hogan Lovells and Herbert Smith Freehills. She (Kazakhstan). He has written extensively on arbitration, civil procedure, and civil law issues. gone on to become one of the leading lawyers for arbitration practices deal with arbitration as a needs and requirements into global arbitration. In has represented various large companies in ICSID post-M&A, shareholder and joint venture disputes mainly commercial undertaking. Parties coming order to understand the disputes and the issues in arbitrations, and on a number of commercial and one of the most respected figures in the Central from [Central Asian and CIS] jurisdictions who are the dispute that arise you have to understand issues cases at LCIA and at arbitration institutes in and Eastern European and Central Asian disputes arbitrating internationally may not necessarily follow related to disclose, evidence, the way submissions Russia, Hong Kong, Dubai and Kazakhstan. She market. Likarchuk characterises his practice as follows: rules most practitioners would find customary. should be structured. You need to understand the sits as an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for ‘I see myself as a litigator practicing international Many excellent arbitration practitioners just do not mentality of the parties to the dispute and the reason Art (Netherlands), IUS International Arbitration commercial arbitration on cases coming out of countries understand and appreciate these specifics and cannot for that dispute arising in the first place. Only then (Kazakhstan), Russian Arbitration Center (Russia), where such matters would customarily be addressed by grasp issues properly as counsel or arbitrators. can you go to the core of the dispute and make a Arbitration Center of the National Chamber of way of criminal prosecution rather than international successful representation of your client. Without Entrepreneurs Atameken (Kazakhstan). She is commercial arbitration. As such, much of my work The markets Kinstellar operates in are similar in having presence on the ground it is very difficult to also the member of the Listing Committee of the involves uncovering crimes in arbitration, which is many respects. The way business is done, the attitude do this.’ n Astana International Exchange and an art dealer exciting and challenging.’ of clients, and the types of disputes that arise all have advising on the international art market. similarities. International firms will appoint domestic He now oversees a practice that handles dozens of firms to help them with local laws, but they won’t English-law governed, London-seated arbitrations as necessarily listen to their advice on how to handle well as a significant number of cases at centres such clients. We are a regional international firm that

24 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 25 PROFILES

Alexander Khrenov Sergey Kovalev Maxim Kulkov Aleksandre Khrapoutski Khrenov & Partners Kovalev Tugushi & Partners Kulkov Kolotilov & Partners Lex Torre

Job title: Founder and Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Head of International Arbitration Location: Russia Location: Russia Location: Russia Practice Number of years in practice: 23 Number of years in practice: 28 Number of years in practice: 25 Location: Belarus Admissions: Moscow City Bar Association Number of years as an arbitrator: 11 Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven years Number of years in practice: 25 Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS Current appointments as arbitrator: Ten Current appointments as arbitrator: One (as sole arbitrator) Admissions: Minsk Bar Association Languages: Russian, English Admissions: Moscow Bar Association Admissions: Moscow Bar Main sectors covered: International Areas of expertise: Aviation, banking and finance, commercial, construction, energy, insurance, Principal areas covered: Commercial, insolvency, shareholder, investment, construction commercial and investment arbitration, Original founder and partner of Khrenov & investment, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, sports, transport disputes, disputes related to international trade, conflict of laws and jurisdictional disputes energy and infrastructure, contract law, Partners Alexander Khrenov is co-head of the Geographical areas of focus: Russia, CIS, China Languages: Russian, English commercial law, construction, banking and firm’s dispute and litigation practice. He has Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian finance. significant experience representing clients’ interests before judicial, administrative and Once, after sitting as arbitrator in a dispute between an Italian manufacturer and a Russian company Languages: Belarusian, Russian, English other authorities, particularly in the fields of With 28 years of dispute resolution, arbitration, bankruptcy and automotive industry experience, Sergey affiliated with Gazprom, Maxim Kulkov heard an unusual argument from a Russian judge. In refusing to arbitration, energy, transport and corporate Kovalev is a recognised practitioner in Russia and the CIS. He has advised on over 1,000 successful cases enforce the award, the judge argued that the second arbitrator ‘was under the influence of Mr Kulkov, who is law, as well as antitrust law and troubled before Russian courts of all instances and has extensive experience arguing high-profile cases before the recognised and respected internationally.’ It is no surprise that one English QC describes him as ‘a legend of Alexandre Khrapoutski has been involved in assets recovery. He also represents domestic Supreme Courts of Russia. He has also participated in foreign litigations and arbitrations at institutions the international arbitration circuit.’ international commercial arbitration since and international clients across a wide range including the ICAC, the High Court of Justice in England, LCIA, CAS, Civil and Criminal Swiss courts, and the 2000. He has participated in more than 50 of corporate transactions and on regulatory Dutch courts. Maxim Kulkov has extensive experience in leading teams of international and local advisors in multi- arbitral proceedings as chairman of tribunal, issues. Before establishing Khrenov & Partners jurisdictional disputes and acting as a legal expert in foreign litigation and arbitration matters. He represents sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and (originally Yukov Khrenov & Partners) in 2003, He typically represents large and medium business, significant investors and high-net-worth individuals clients in Russian state courts at all levels (including the Supreme Court, Supreme Commercial Court and the counsel under the arbitration rules of ICC, he worked at the Inter-Republic Bar Association from the Forbes list, and has expertise in a range of areas, including real estate and construction, Constitutional Court) and in international arbitration centres. SCC, VIAC, LCIA, the Belarusian Chamber of and the Law Office for International Affairs. banking and finance, investment, insurance, energy, logistic and transport, automotive industry, and Commerce and Industry, the Ukrainian Chamber He has also served as chairman of the Human pharmaceutics. He also has significant experience at the Sports Arbitration Court, and says the parallels A member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the ICC Russia Arbitration Committee and the of Commerce and Industry, and the Russian Rights Commission of the Russian Association between international arbitration and sporting contests are clear: ‘[In one case], my friends from the Boxing Russian Arbitration Association, he regularly serves as an arbitrator at the Arbitration Centre of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is of Lawyers and a member of International Bar Federation of Russia said, “Why are we going at a distance all the time and haven’t hit anyone even once? We Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Russia (RSPP). He is a listed arbitrator at the Arbitration Institute founder and organising committee co-chairman Association. have to act in the following way: jump, hit and step aside.”’ Before starting his own law firm in 1995, Kovalev of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and of the Eastern European Dispute Resolution held the position of head of legal with several well-known Russian companies, including Modern Business the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA). He has acted as co or sole arbitrator at a number of Forum (EEDRF, Minsk, Belarus) and coordinator Technologies (SBT), Development Business Systems (RBS), KolEnergo, TRINFIKO Investment Group, and forums, and provided expert opinion in some of the most high profile arbitrations of the past decade. of the working group on drafting of Rules on the LEFKO Insurance Company. From 2001 to 2011, he again served as managing partner of his own law firm, Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International which was a key partner to the State Corporation Credit Institutions Restructuring Agency and Deposit As counsel, he has acted on a wide range of international arbitrations, including advising and representing Arbitration (Prague Rules). Insurance Agency. From 2011 to 2017, he headed the litigation and bankruptcy practice of Egorov Puginsky one of Russia’s largest banks as a co-counsel together with an international law firm’s London office in an Afanasiev & Partners, managing a team of 60 lawyers. In April 2017, he took the lead at Kovalev Tugushi & LCIA arbitration, acting on an SCC copyright infringement case in connection with the construction of the Partners law office. He is the author of more than 150 articles and commentaries. He is also a speaker for Federation Tower in Moscow City, and advising and representing world-famous architect Erick van Egeraat in Russian-language business daily Vedomosti and for broadcasting channel RBK (RosBiznesConsulting, as well a dispute arising out of several agreements made with a Russian oligarch. as a regular speaker at international conferences including the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, Adam Smith Conferences, International Bar Association, C5 and the CBonds congress. Since 2018, he has Before establishing KK&P, he headed the Russian dispute resolution practices at Freshfields Bruckhaus been an arbitrator in the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (SHIAC). Deringer, Goltsblat BLP and Pepelyaev, Goltsblat and Partners. In his free time, he directs films.

26 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 27 PROFILES

Andrei Kolupaev Andrey Zelenin Vladimir Melnikov Roman Zykov Diana Bayzakova Lexwell & Partners Lidings Linklaters Mansors Merritz Law Firm

Job title: Managing partner Job title: Managing Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Location: Ukraine Location: Russia Location: Russia Location: Russia Location: Uzbekistan Number of years in practice: 15 Number of years in practice: 16 Number of years in practice: 17 Number of years in practice: 11 Number of years as an arbitrator: Three Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven Vladimir Melinkov is head of dispute resolution Andriy Kolupayev is co-founder and managing Admissions: Moscow Bar at Linklaters’ Moscow office. He has extensive Current appointments as arbitrator: Four Admissions: Uzbekistan partner at Lexwell & Partners whose core Main sectors: Automotive, aviation, financial institutions, FMCG, IT and electronics, media and experience in arbitration, complex litigation, (one as sole arbitrator) Main sectors covered: Construction, real practices are litigation (including tax disputes) telecoms, pharmaceuticals and healthcare and regulatory investigations in a variety of Admissions: Russia estate, general commercial, telecoms and arbitration. He has participated as a lead or industrial and financial sectors. For more than co-adviser in great number of complex national Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS (inc. global businesses entering Russian and CIS a decade he has been advising on arbitrations Main sectors covered: Construction (gas, Geographical areas of focus: CIS and MENA and international litigations and arbitrations markets) across all major arbitral rules and representing nuclear and coal power plants, stadiums, regions with a total amount exceeding tens of billions Languages: Russian, English Russian and international private and state- hotels, gas pipes); Sale of goods (chemicals, Languages: English, Farsi, Russian, Uzbek, of US dollars. Among his clients are a number of owned banks and corporates in corporate, Fortunes 500-listed entities and other leading commercial, construction, regulatory and life stock, industrial and construction German, Arabic multinational and Ukrainian companies. He has Andrey Zelenin is managing partner and head of the dispute resolution and intellectual property practices insurance cases as well as asset recovery machinery, mass market goods); Service also advised the Government and the Ministry at Lidings. He has substantial expertise in litigation before Russian courts and in international arbitration, matters. Vladimir is also highly experienced agreements (oil refinery, dredging, financial) Diana Bayzakova is an independent arbitrator and of Justice of Ukraine in highly complex disputes. particularly in disputes involving financial institutions, companies from FMCG, energy and pharmaceutical in cross-border insolvency matters. His recent a dispute resolution expert whose practice focuses Kolupayev was previously an adviser the Office sectors and cases involving non-Russian parties or elements. work includes advising Gazprom on a complex Geographical areas of focus: Russia and on complex cross-border matters pertaining to of the President of Ukraine, where he worked on multi-jurisdictional arbitration against Ukraine CIS, EU, South East Asia, Middle East, North the CIS and MENA region in the construction, real reforms to the national judicial system before co- As counsel, he has represented clients in a number of precedent-setting cases in Russia, including: in relation to the imposition of a $6bn fine, America estate, telecoms and natural resources sectors. She founding Lexwell & Partners in 2005. representing Exxon Mobil in the ICAC; representing DuPont Corporation in the ICAC in a debt collection and representing a major bank in connection has acted on disputes around the world with an dispute with a major Russian chemical producer, and representing Tetra Pak in the Russian arbitration courts. with an LCIA arbitration brought against it for Languages: Russian, English, Swedish aggregate value of several billion dollars under a the recovery of more than $600m in damages. variety of arbitration rules (DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, He has a wide experience in conducting trials in accordance with the rules of ICC, Stockholm Chamber of He also acted in connection with a $1.75bn SCC, ADCCAC and others). Commerce, and ICAC with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, as well as claim filed before the Russian courts in the Roman Zykov specialises in international other Russian and international arbitration institutions. Zelenin is also active as an arbitrator and is currently proceedings of the Antipinsky Refinery, one of arbitration with a particular emphasis on the She was one of the leading actors in the project appointed as arbitrator of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) Court, arbitrator of the largest bankruptcy cases in the Russian oil M&A, shareholders’ disputes, construction, to set up the Tashkent International Arbitration the Japan Commercial Arbitration Association and arbitrator of the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian and gas sector. mining, oil & gas and international trade-related Centre (TIAC) at the Chamber of Commerce and Institute of Modern Arbitration. disputes. He is on the roster of arbitrators at a Industry of Uzbekistan, of which she is currently number of arbitral institutions and is regularly director. The TIAC was established under a Decree He is a member of the Russia-China Law Society, the British Russian Law Association Committee, the appointed as an arbitrator and legal expert of the President of Uzbekistan in 2018 and has organisation committee of the Arbitration Debates project of the Russian Union of Industrialists and under the ICC, SCC, VIAC, and ICAC Arbitration since grown tremendously in terms of its caseload Entrepreneurs (RUIE) and Expanded Social Council at the Ministry for Development of the Far East of Russia. Rules. In addition to his work as arbitrator while launching a number of important initiatives, He is the author of multiple articles and legal reviews published in Russia and abroad. and arbitration counsel, he regularly advises including the first-of-a-kind International Tech on international litigation matters across the Moot Court Competition and TIAC’s dispute globe, including Russia and CIS, EU, US, Canada, avoidance services. Bayzakova also acts as a BVI and others. Before joining Mansors in consultant to the Government of Uzbekistan on 2017 Zykov was head of international dispute the legislative reforms and the adoption of the resolution at listed gold mining company new law on international arbitration. Mangazeya Mining. He has also been a member of the dispute resolution groups at leading law Her first appointment at the age of 27 makes firms in the Netherlands and Scandinavia. He her one of the youngest international arbitrator has served as Secretary General of the Russian in international arbitral proceedings under the Arbitration Association since 2013. In March DIAC Rules of Arbitration, which, in the words 2020, he was appointed to the inaugural pool of her students, ‘reminds young practitioners of arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for and young female practitioners that everything Art (CAfA), a joint initiative of the Netherlands is possible with hard work and dedication’. She is Arbitration Institute and Authentication in Art fluent in English, Farsi and Russian and has the that seeks to resolve disputes in the wider art working knowledge of Uzbek and German and community through mediation and arbitration. conversational Arabic.

28 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 29 PROFILES

Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners (MZS)

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Formed in 1991 and based in Moscow, MZS has an Speed of thought and action are essential for success, almost unequalled track record and reputation across and through our flexible approach, we regularly find a diverse range of practice areas and industries – new and innovative ways of responding to new and representing some of the world’s largest companies old issues to solve our clients’ concerns. and individual clients in litigation before Russian courts of all levels as well as commercial and Most importantly, this experience has provided a investment arbitration proceedings. solid foundation for expertise and growth that feeds into virtually every part of the MZS service portfolio The foundation of much our success is based on our – in products ranging from Taxation through to long term investment in people and resources. Our Employment and Antitrust and across sectors from knowledge of, and contribution to, doctrinal work has Energy & Metals to Retail. consistently enabled our lawyers to provide winning arguments based on proven academic authority As a result, MZS is now one of the leading – with a strong heritage in dispute resolution and independent Russian law firms with strong links to the the courtroom. MZS is also infused with a dynamic legal establishment. personality and a dedication to specialisation traditionally associated with the best “boutique” firms.

30 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 31 TEAM PROFILE

Dmitry Andreev Dmitry Konovalov Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners

Job title: Advocate Job title: Associate Location: Russia Location: Russia Number of years in practice: Ten Number of years in practice: Two Admissions: Russian Federation, New York, England & Wales Admissions: Russian Federation Main sectors covered: Disputes, Investment Arbitration, Financial Services, Telecommunications Main sectors covered: Bankruptcy, financial services, litigation, arbitration Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia and CIS Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia and CIS Languages: Russian, English, and Spanish Languages: Russian, English, Spanish, French

Dmitry Andreev is an advocate at MZS specialising in disputes. He has hands-on experience representing Dmitry Konovalov is an associate at MZS. His areas of interest and expertise include bankruptcy, corporate clients in commercial and investment arbitrations under the rules of LCIA, SCC, ICC, ICAC and UNCITRAL. litigation, and arbitration. He has extensive experience advising clients in litigation and international His recent highlights include obtaining an SCC emergency arbitrator award and a number of partial arbitration and has acted for corporations and individuals across a range of industry sectors in such areas awards in favour of a Russian state corporation, as well as the successful representation of a real estate as banking and finance law, bankruptcy and antitrust law. He has also acted on several of the largest high- developer in a matrix of over twenty LCIA and ICAC arbitrations and related court proceedings in England, profile disputes before Russian state courts. Konovalov graduated from MGIMO University (Moscow) and Cyprus and Russia. is admitted to practice in Russia. He continues his studies as a postgraduate student at MGIMO University (Moscow). He graduated from MGIMO University and Pepperdine University. In 2016 he was seconded as a visiting foreign lawyer to WilmerHale’s international arbitration Group. Andreev has written many articles in Russian and English about arbitrating disputes in Russia and the role of national courts in arbitration. He is a co-author of Dispute Resolution in Russia: The Essentials and Arbitration World: Russia Chapter. He regularly sits as arbitrator at the Russian Arbitration Centre and is the Co-Chair of the Young Institute of Modern Arbitration (Young IMA).

32 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 33 TEAM PROFILE

Sergey Korolev Anna Kostina Maria Petrenko Kirill Shmotov Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners & Partners

Job title: Senior Associate Job title: Associate Location: Russia Job title: Associate Location: Russia Job title: Associate Number of years in practice: Ten Location: Russia Number of years in practice: Two Location: Russia Admissions: Russian Federation Number of years in practice: Two Admissions: Russian Federation Number of years in practice: Two Main sectors covered: Bankruptcy, company law, financial markets Admissions: Russian Federation Main sectors covered: Litigation, investment arbitration Admissions: Russian Federation Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia and CIS Main sectors covered: Banking and finance, Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia and CIS Main sectors covered: Real estate, protection Languages: Russian, English, German investment arbitration Languages: Russian, English, German of business reputation, bankruptcy Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia Geographical areas of focus: Europe, Russia Sergey Korolev is an advocate at MZS. His areas of interest and expertise include cross-border litigation and CIS Maria Petrenko is an associate at MZS with expertise in international commercial and investment and CIS and arbitration, bankruptcy, conflicts of laws, financial markets and family law. He has extensive arbitration. Her experience includes acting in international arbitrations under the rules of SCC and ICAC. Languages: Russian, English experience advising and representing clients in complex international commercial arbitration Languages: Russian, English, Spanish, French She holds an LLM degree in Public International Law from Queen Mary, University of London (2018) and proceedings under the rules of LCIA, ICC and ICAC. Korolev has acted for corporate and individual a Russian Specialist law degree from the Russian Foreign Trade Academy (2015). clients across a range of industry sectors, including banking and finance, energy, real estate and Having graduated from MGIMO University Kirill Shmotov is an associate at MZS. He aviation. His recent highlights include representation of real estate property developer in a set of (Moscow), Anna Kostina joined the MZS specialises in bankruptcy, litigation and complex LCIA arbitration and related proceedings in England, Cyprus and Russia. He graduated from arbitration team to work on the firm’s arbitration. His practice focuses on disputes MGIMO University (Moscow) and is admitted to practice in Russia. He is also currently pursuing a LL.B. investment arbitration cases. Her other areas arising in such areas as real estate, lease degree at the University of London. of interest and expertise include international agreements, aviation and business reputation. commercial arbitration and cross-border Shmotov graduated from Lomonosov Moscow litigation. State University and is admitted to practice in Russia. He continues his studies as a postgraduate student at Kutafin Moscow State Law University. As a member of Lomonosov MSU team, he took third place in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2019. 34 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 35 TEAM PROFILE

Kirill Udovichenko Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners

Job title: Partner able to understand the needs of a particular client His current work also includes acting as counsel the quality of the awards and predictability of the Location: Russia and offer a tailor-made solution. [Equally important on bankruptcy proceedings of major Czech steel proceedings. to that success], I have also managed to build a highly processing companies Pilsen Steel and Pilsen Estates Number of years in practice: 14 effective and proficient team of lawyers who have on behalf of largest creditors (with cumulative claims Once I exited a maritime arbitration hearing Number of years as an arbitrator: Three years practiced in major international law firms and gained exceeding €1bn). accompanied by tthe employees of the client (a Current appointments as arbitrator: Three an in-depth understanding of the core of dispute multibillion Indian steelmaking corporation) and resolution.’ Previously he represented the Boeing Company tried to summon a taxi. Then a police car pulled up Admissions: Russian Federation Russian team in a multijurisdictional dispute (in and the officers offered to give us a lift to my office. Principal areas covered: Commercial, Recently, Udovichenko has acted for O1 Group in Sweden, Russia, California) regarding the joint They even turned the sirens on. I bet the client did insolvency, shareholder, investment, a complex cross-border $500m plus dispute with venture of companies from Russia, Ukraine, not expect to get a view of the Kremlin walls while Otkritie Bank, another incredibly sophisticated USA and Norway purporting to build a floating being driven along the contraflow lane in a police car construction disputes, disputes related to and politicised matter involving over 20 litigation, spaceport and operate commercial spacecraft with the lights on! international trade, conflict of laws and arbitration and bankruptcy proceedings in Russia, launches. jurisdictional disputes England and Cyprus. This dispute concerns the Recently we were engaged in proceedings complicated restructuring of multiple financial Udovichenko is a permanent arbitrator in the to recognize and enforce an interim measures Languages: Russian, English obligations between a large investment group and a International and Investment Disputes Panel of decision against the host State – in that very State. Russian bank. The arbitral tribunal on a key dispute the Arbitration Center at the Russian Union of The hearing was supposed to be the last one and Throughout his career Kirill Udovichenko has consists of three former High Court and Court of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs RSPP and constantly we expected a positive outcome – until around 20 developed a remarkable track record in dispute Appeal judges and handles twenty arbitration acts as arbitrator in other institutions and ad hoc people in military uniform of the host State turned resolution cases. His practice deals primarily with proceedings, consolidated into a single case by the proceedings. He has also acted on over 150 litigation up in court and started to harass the judge. The case cross-border disputes (often involving bankruptcy LCIA Court. The parties have exchanged various cross- proceedings and is regularly involved in many of the will now proceed before another judge and we are proceedings) and international commercial claims for damages, disclosed over 20,000 individual firm’s other matters, from advising on some of the ready for any new surprises. arbitration. He has also acted for key creditors in a documents and called more than twenty witnesses most high-profile family law disputes to providing number of major Russian bankruptcy proceedings, and experts. The tribunal has made a dozen of interim support in hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of In another arbitration I had to conduct a series advancing claims for hundreds of million dollars. orders on joinder of parties, provisional measures, M&A projects. of under-the-radar witness interviews. I booked a During the recent years, his work has also been security for costs, and disclosure of evidence. secure conference room, but the hotel management focused on investment arbitration, where he has did not warn me that noisy construction works were acted as lead counsel on several cases. In one of Udovichenko’s other recent representations, in full swing in the neighboring room. I had to make an English-language arbitration under the ICAC Rules arrangements with the owner of a bar next door to Udovichenko has been personally involved in the with a heavy focus on English law arising out of a In conversation with… get us a quiet place to talk. It still turned out to be biggest cases on the Russian market, allowing him complex transaction involving pledges, securities a very productive evening – despite the unlikely to easily pinpoint the key issues of a dispute and options and a series of secured transactions, MZS ‘Russian arbitration is still experiencing the surroundings.' n effectively pursue clients’ goals through its resolution. managed to secure a victory for a number of Cypriot turbulent aftermath of the arbitration reform. The His many notable representations include leading respondents. local courts are yet to develop consistent case law on on an ongoing $1bn investment arbitration against arbitration matters. Although the situation is getting another CIS state. This large, extremely complex and Udovichenko is currently acting on an SCC investor- better, as things currently stand, there still are pitfalls much politicised dispute involves a number of parallel state arbitration between Russian state corporation in the Russian judiciary that only an experienced litigations and has been described as ’like an octopus VEB.RF and Ukraine. The subject matter of this dispute practitioner can avoid. These mainly concern validity that has arbitration as the head and a lot of smaller is a series of hostile acts by state officials culminating of arbitration clauses and arbitrability of certain matters connected to that fundamental proceeding.’ in the expropriation of VEB.RF’s subsidiary bank. matters (e.g. corporate disputes and contracts It is a case which demonstrates both Udovichenko’s Ukraine has raised the stakes by trying to portray involving the public sector). expertise as counsel and MZS’s ability to handle this arbitration as a political dispute between two investment arbitration, making it one of only a small sovereign states. While proceedings have so far It is no secret that efficient arbitrators are key to number of Russian firms with this capability. reached a hearing on jurisdictional issues, VEB.RF has efficient arbitration. The Russian arbitration scene is already secured multiple victories and partial awards certainly up for a turn for the better in this regard. Udovichenko comments, ’To deliver results to a in its favour, including an unprecedented award of It is currently undergoing a generational shift: the client, counsel has to be pro-active and unrelenting. the SCC Emergency Arbitrator, later confirmed by the percentage of younger practitioners (under 40s) I have dealt with different clients: from high net full panel of arbitrators. This has added to the dispute on the market is going up fast. This is expected to worth individuals and transnational corporations an intricate layer of complex enforcement litigations bring about wider implementation of international to Russian and foreign state-owned entities. I am worldwide. standards and guidelines, which will certainly benefit

36 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 CIS AND CAUCASUS 37 PROFILES

Dmitry Ivanov Lasha Noida Dr. Viktor Gerbutov Yaroslav Klimov Ekaterina Lebedeva Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners Noerr Norton Rose Fulbright Pepeliaev Group

Job title: Partner Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Associated Partner Job title: Head of Dispute Resolution Job title: Head of the International Location: Russia Location: Georgia Location: Russia Location: Russia Litigation and Arbitration Practice Number of years in practice: 13 Number of years in practice: 24 Admissions: Moscow Bar Number of years in practice: 24 Location: Moscow, Russia Number of years as an arbitrator: One Number of years as an arbitrator: Eight Languages: Russian, English, German Number of years as an arbitrator: Three Number of years in practice: 12 Admissions: Russian Federation Current appointments as arbitrator: One Admissions: Moscow Bar (since 1997) Number of years as an arbitrator: One Main sectors covered: Energy, real estate Admissions: Georgia Dr Viktor Gerbutov heads the dispute resolution Main sectors covered: Construction, Main sectors covered: all commercial and construction/infrastructure, banking, Main sectors covered: Banking and practice with Noerr Moscow. He regularly international trade, energy, corporate and disputes (construction, service provision, represents clients before Russian courts and corporate M&A finance, commercial, corporate and M&A, arbitration tribunals and serves as arbitrator and finance sale and supply, lease, corporate) Geographical areas of focus: Russia, Europe, insolvency and restructuring, real estate as a Russian law expert witness. He is included Geographical areas of focus: Russia and CIS, Geographical areas of focus: Russia, CIS USA, CIS, Asia Geographical areas of focus: Georgia in the recommended lists of arbitrators of the Europe, Middle East and Asia Languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Arbitration Center at the RSPP and the Russian Languages: Russian, English, French Languages: Georgian, English, Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Languages: Russian, English, French, Italian Modern Arbitration. Dr Gerbutov holds the German position of Associate Professor in the Alekseev Dmitry Ivanov counsels clients in complex Lasha Nodia is one of the leading figures of the Private Law Research Centre and lectures at Ekaterina Lebedeva has wide experience cross-border and domestic litigation and Georgian arbitration scene. Prior to establishing the Law Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State Yaroslav Klimov is head of dispute resolution cooperating with foreign lawyers to provide international arbitration proceedings on the law firm Nodia, Urumashvili & Partners (of University. practice in Russia and the CIS at Norton Rose legal expertise on Russian law issues within contentious and general commercial matters. which he is managing partner) he worked at JSC Fulbright. He is predominantly known for his the framework of international arbitration He also represents clients in state courts and Bank Republic as in-house counsel (1996 – 2003) extensive experience in cross-border disputes proceedings. She is included in the list of arbitration tribunals and advises on disputes and a head of legal (2003 – 2005). He was the involving Russia/CIS parties. He became a partner arbitrators for corporate disputes of the in energy, real estate, construction, contractual first chairman and co-founder of the Georgian with the firm in 2011 having previously worked Arbitration Center at the Russian Union of and corporate matters, as well as on bankruptcy Arbitrators’ Associations (GAA). Since 2012 he has for a major international law firm for 15 years. Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and in the list and insolvency. Additionally, he advises on been an accredited mediator of the Centre for He is fluent in English, German and French and of arbitrators of Caspian Arbitration Society. As international compliance matters, including Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), where he can work on arbitration matters involving these counsel, she has successfully represented part investigations in connection with US FCPA and is a member of the list of Court Mediators, and languages. of a major Russian agricultural holding in an SCC UK Bribery Act issues, as well as on possible since 2013 he has been a Fellow of the Chartered dispute with a foreign counterparty in relation criminal and administrative sanctions risks and Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). Klimov is often involved in high-profile to debt being collected and losses recovered investigations by State bodies and assists clients disputes and is highly regarded by clients for under a supply agreement; represented a on related matters. Since late 2019, he has been He has also served as a member of the auditing his knowledgeable and strategic approach. As Russian company, a major global producer of included in the list of arbitrators of the Arbitration committee of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ counsel, he has represented clients’ interests as fertilisers in a dispute with an international agent Center of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Association (1999-2001) and is one of the authors counsel in more than 30 arbitration proceedings over the collection of debt under a contractor Entrepreneurs (one of three approved Russian of the legislative amendments to the Arbitration (for both claimants and defendants) and also agreement, and successfully represented a institutions). Law of Georgia (2015). As an expert, he was sits as an arbitrator in both domestic and Japanese company, a leader in information and involved in the working group that drafted the international arbitration matters. He is a Russian communication technology, in the International bill on Rehabilitation and Collective Satisfaction delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian of Creditors. and ADR and is listed as an arbitrator at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in a dispute various arbitral institutions. concerning the recovery of debt under a supply contract.

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PB Legal

Alan Bayramkulov Alexander Panin Nikolay Stroev

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PB Legal is a Russian law firm specialising in corporate • Early case assessment and analysis of case conflicts, bankruptcy proceedings and commercial prospects and parties’ positions disputes, including international arbitration. Examples of recent relevant experience of PB Legal team • Developing a detailed case strategy and The firm was founded in 2016 by Alexander Panin and representing clients in arbitration proceedings Alan Bayramkulov, Russian lawyers and legal business managers with more than 25 years of experience. • Preparation of legal opinions on matters of Russian Complex LCIA litigation in relation to corporate conflict worth more than arbitration located in Lausanne, Switzerland) in connection with the doping Prior to establishing PB Legal, Alexander and Alan law $58m: scandal following the 2014 Olympic Games when an award was issued against a held positions in major Russian investment holdings group of Russian athletes. One member of the group of athletes, Mr. Alexander and international law firms. • Evidence collection, including research, working The PB Legal team successfully advised a former co-owner of Business Lines, a top Zubkov, initiated proceedings in a Russian court to have the CAS award set aside. with witnesses, as well as various industry and Russian haulage and logistics company, and Caledor Consulting Ltd in connection Our practice in international arbitration technical experts with a complex litigation in the London International Arbitration Court (LCIA). Our team successfully protested the Russian court’s acts on the CAS account and We represented the interests of the client in a corporate conflict with the largest maintained this position until the end of the process. This allowed us to form The PB Legal team represents clients in all major • Enforcement proceedings beneficiary of Business Lines – Alexander Bogatikov – who did not comply with the positive case law on the matter of foreign arbitral institutions’ procedural status in international arbitration institutions, including: terms of an option agreement totaling of more than $58m. the Russian courts of general jurisdiction. • Recognition and enforcement of foreign • London International Arbitration Court (LCIA) judgments and arbitration awards As a result of this unfriendly influence, which can be characterised as a raider- Representing a client in a major corporate conflict with one of the largest seizure of the group, one of the company’s investors was in receipt of Mr. Russian ceramic tile producers: • International Court of Arbitration at the • Interim relief in support of arbitration or foreign Bogatikov’s dividends. We represented the investor’s interests and initiated a International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) legal proceedings number of proceedings in arbitration and state courts in Russia and abroad. The PB Legal team represented one of the largest Russian investment corporations in relation to a major corporate conflict with one of the largest Russian ceramic tile • Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration • Project budgeting and monitoring at all stages We acted as a leading law firm in a complex cross-border arbitration and litigation producers. Our team successfully developed the strategy of LCIA actions in order Institute (SCC) project. We successfully represented the client’s interests as a claimant before to solve the corporate conflict with a highly beneficial outcome for the client. Our • Collaboration with foreign litigation funds the LCIA arbitral tribunal, prepared expert opinions on Russian law in order to team acted as a white knight and successfully repulsed an attempt at an unfriendly • International Commercial Arbitration Court at substantiate the jurisdiction of the arbitration, and arranged necessary documents takeover of a group of companies. As a result, the parties of the conflict entered the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Our approach to take interim measures in support of the arbitration proceedings in Cyprus. As a into a settlement agreement. Russian Federation (ICAC at the RF CCI) result, we successfully managed to freeze the opponent’s assets in Cyprus and are The PB Legal approach is based on comprehensive and currently undertaking Russian court proceedings regarding the recognition and During this process, opponents of the settlement organised a large-scale scheme Our team creative resolution of conflict situations. Our clients enforcement of LCIA award. for withdrawal of the company’s assets and challenged the settlement which, appreciate the non-standard solutions offered by our according to their assurances, was made under the influence of duress. We acted The PB Legal team comprises 15 lawyers with team, combining international standards with a deep Representing CAS in connection with the doping scandal following the 2014 as Russian law experts during the LCIA proceedings and have prepared conclusions experience in Russian courts, foreign courts and understanding of the specifics of local business. Our Olympic Games: on Russian law issues and five affidavits of the parties to the conflict from our international commercial arbitration. The composition efforts are aimed not only at a positive legal outcome client’s side. We also organised the preparation of witnesses for cross-examination. of our team allows us to advise clients both in Russian of the case, but at creating opportunities for our client The PB Legal team advised the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS, an international Our team also represented client’s interests in Russian court in relation to the and English law. to get the most profitable financial result. quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through above LCIA proceedings.

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Alan Bayramkulov Alexander Panin Nikolay Stroev PB Legal PB Legal PB Legal

Job title: Managing Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Partner and law. He is often called to work alongside achieving favourable results for clients is essential Location: Russia leading international law firms as specialist counsel to our success. After all, our personal reputations are Location: Russia Location: Russia Number of years in practice: 12 and frequently acts as an expert on Russian law on the line when we enter a court or arbitral hearing. issues in both the High Court of Justice and at LCIA That means we are closely involved in every single Admissions: Moscow Bar arbitrations. matter and work hard to ensure the quality remains Alexander Panin is a managing partner of PB Legal. He has more than 20 years of experience dealing Nikolay Stroev is counsel at PB Legal. He has Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS, UK consistently high. with corporate conflicts and disputes involving banks’ and investment companies’ distressed assets. An more than 12 years of experience specialising Languages: Russian, English Bayramkulov has also helped shaped Russia’s laws as experienced and successful negotiator and mediator, Panin has led on some of the most complex multi- in dispute resolution before state courts and a member of the Expert Council for the Improvement In international arbitration the most important jurisdictional and high-value work of recent years. Prior to the establishment of PB Legal he acted as head of international commercial arbitration tribunals. of the Bankruptcy Legislation under the Ministry of thing is for lawyers to be honest with their clients, legal at A1, the investment division of Alfa Group. He has also held senior in-house roles at Russian Standard Prior to joining PB Legal he acted as head of Alan Bayramkulov is an expert in corporate conflicts, Economic Development of the Russian Federation. especially when it comes to price. It is no secret Holding and General Electric and as an associate at Denton Wilde Sapte and ALM-Eversheds. dispute resolution practice at Sameta law firm bankruptcy-related disputes and international that arbitration is expensive. Often lawyers seek and worked as litigation associate at several commercial arbitration. He typically represents clients to hide the true cost of a matter by quoting fees In addition to his busy practice, Panin participates in strategic legislative initiatives that will significantly other of Russia’s leading firms. He graduated in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional disputes and for the arbitration itself, while ignoring the likely change the Russian legal system and landscape. One such project, managed by the Ministry of Economic from Moscow State University, Law Faculty and frequently acts as an expert on Russian legal affairs, cost of subsequent actions such as enforcement. Development of the Russian Federation, is designed to implement systemic changes in the legal regulation has a Master of Law degree from the University of both at international commercial arbitrations and In conversation with… For me, being “business minded” is all about being of entrepreneurial activity (“Transformation of the business climate”). This work touches on many areas of Edinburgh. before the High Court in London. honest with one’s clients. A good arbitration counsel law, including corporate governance, special administrative regions, bankruptcy proceedings and valuation ‘A successful arbitration counsel must combine a should be able to give predictable budgets for the activities. The project members of this strategic group were personally approved by the Deputy Chairman of Experience includes: He began his career in private practice and held knowledge of how business operates with a detailed entire matter. He should also be able to give realistic the Government of the Russian Federation, Andrei Belousov. roles as a legal consultant at leading domestic and understanding of the law. Both [Alexander Panin probability thresholds for achieving certain results. • Representing a former co-owner of Business international firms (Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & and I] have a long experience of advising a leading Only then can a client consider whether it is in its Panin graduated from the Law Faculty Moscow State University and has also attended the Executive Lines, a top Russian haulage and logistics Partners and White & Case) before joining Alfa Group, business on its arbitration matters, which allows us interests to arbitrate. Leadership Programme at INSEAD Business School. company, and Caledor Consulting Ltd. in two one of Russia’s largest privately-owned investment to better understand what clients need and expect complex LCIA arbitrations; consortiums as disputes counsel. He then moved to from us as advisers. There is a big difference between I was once involved in a rather unique case at the His experience includes: A1, Alfa Group’s investment arm. At the time, A1 was having victory on paper and achieving business Russian Chamber of Commerce. I was representing • Representing a Russian gas company in the centre of gravity of corporate conflicts in Russia, efficiency. As lawyers, we have had “skin in the an Australian supplier of livestock against a Russian • Representing a former co-owner of Business Lines, a top Russian haulage and logistics company, and an arbitration dispute with the Maritime and Bayramkulov led on a number of international game” and do not fall into [the error of] giving overly purchaser. The dispute concerned the quality of the Caledor Consulting Ltd. in connection with a complex LCIA litigation; Arbitration Commission on claims of foreign arbitrations and high-profile distressed asset disputes, formalistic interpretations of a matter. We understand supplier’s products, which meant I had to become an ship-owners for the recovery of payments including a sizable shareholder dispute involving how the process works from a commercial expert in the various characteristics of this particular • Development and implementation of a strategy to protect the interests of the shareholder of the largest under charter vessels; one of the region’s leading telecoms and technology perspective; we can see the typical reasons for type of livestock. At the time, I knew everything Russian Internet retailer who applied to the LCIA with a claim against the majority shareholder to buy business. The matter, resolved at the LCIA in London, corporate conflicts and are able to identify strategies there was to know about these animals and was out the shares; • Providing legal support and advice to a saw Bayramkulov coordinating a team of counsel to resolve them. It is not sufficient to know the law able to challenge them on obscure issues to do with reputable English law firm concerning from the UK, Russia and Cyprus. – one must also know what results a business has in breeding and quality. • Development of a strategy to protect the interests of the client in the LCIA against the claim of the Russian legal and factual issues with regard mind, and how likely it is to meet those goals through largest French bank for recovery of damages in connection with the failure of the client to execute an to LCIA arbitration under an international In 2016, he co-founded PB Legal [Panin Bayramkulov arbitration. Winning a matter is one thing, but you Recent arbitration reforms in Russia has been so option agreement. Legal support of negotiations and mediation procedures with the French party, insurance dispute; & Partners] with former Alfa Group general counsel must also understand such things as how to enforce profoundly important that we cannot predict all the structuring and signing a settlement agreement for the client; Alexander Panin. The founders’ experience of arbitral awards against a shareholder or how to freeze consequences they will have. However, we will see • Providing legal advice and opinions to corporate conflict, says Bayramkulov, gives the firm a assets to have better chance of recovery. big changes in how arbitral institutions operate in • Development and implementation of a strategy to protect the interests of the shareholder of the largest various foreign law firms for the purposes of unique perspective on commercial arbitration. Russia, and there will likely be certain unintended Russian Internet retailer who applied to the LCIA with a claim against the majority shareholder to buy the number of international arbitrations. The decision to open a disputes boutique was consequences that counsel need to be aware of. out the shares. PB Legal has since grown to one of Russia’s leading rooted in my experience as senior counsel. For the One of the main goals of Russia’s recent legislative boutiques specialising in arbitration, bankruptcy legal team of any large international businesses, initiatives, I believe, was to limit the number of and corporate contracts under Russian law, with a managing a big-ticket dispute often means dealing arbitrations permissible in Russia by approving only client base that includes both Moscow-based private with dozens of external lawyers. The main challenge those institutions that have good reputations. As businesses and London-based owners of Russian is how to monitor their work and ensure it is of a result, many arbitrators and arbitration centres businesses. The matters on which Bayramkulov a sufficiently high quality. As a boutique, we are did not obtain permission to act in Russia. That is a advises typically involve trade secrets and introduce always sure the quality of our work will meet clients’ controversial issue and the results remain unclear.’ n questions that require expertise in Russian business expectations. As owners, we are acutely aware that

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Egor Chilikov Sergiy Gryshko Volodymyr Yaremko Petrol Chilikov Law Offices Redcliffe Partners Sayenko Kharenko

Job title: Founding Partner Job title: Head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Job title: Counsel Location: Russia Location: Ukraine Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 13 Number of years in practice: 17 Number of years in practice: 11 Number of years as an arbitrator: One Main sectors covered: Energy, construction, Admissions: Volyn Regional Bar Association, Current appointments as arbitrator: One (as infrastructure, pharmaceutical, banking and Kyiv Regional Bar Association party appointed arbitrator) finance, insurance and telecommunications Sectors covered: Transport and Admissions: Moscow City Bar infrastructure, construction, energy, Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS, Sergiy Gryshko is a partner and head of the dispute banking and finance, international trade, CIS-related businesses across Globe (primarily resolution practice at Redcliffe Partners. He has 17 M&A and corporate in developing jurisdictions), Eastern Europe, years of experience acting for clients in investment Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, CIS, EU arbitration, joint venture and M&A disputes, as well as Central Asia, Middle East international commercial arbitrations in the energy, Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian and Main sectors: Energy, mining and metals, construction, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, banking Polish construction, banking and finance, insurance, & finance, insurance and telecommunications sectors. He is experienced in acting for clients at all stages of retail. litigation, international arbitration and enforcement, Volodymyr Yaremko is head of the infrastructure Languages: Russian, English offering versatile advice on contentious matters. This industry group in the international arbitration includes negotiations, arbitration and post-arbitration practice of leading Ukrainian firm Sayenko advice. He has handled arbitrations under a variety of Kharenko where he provides legal support, A founding partner of Petrol Chilikov law firm, Egor international institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, project management and government relations Chilikov has over 13 years of experience in cross- and is a listed arbitrator of the International Commercial assistance to domestic and international clients border disputes, both before state courts and arbitration tribunals. He has acted as counsel and advised Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC). He is the Head of ICC Ukraine’s in their Ukraine-related activities. As counsel clients on commercial and investment arbitration matters under major arbitration rules, including ICAC Commission on International Arbitration and a member of the Council of the Ukrainian Bar Association he has a wide experience representing clients (Moscow), LCIA, SCC, ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL and has extensive experience in the strategic management Committee on Procedural Law. Gryshko represents Ukraine in the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. under the arbitration proceedings of a range of of complex disputes involving proceedings in many civil and common law jurisdictions. global arbitral institutions in matters concerning cross-border debt recovery, enforcement of He is particularly skilled in directing investigations of various types, including international assets tracing foreign court judgments and arbitral awards in and debt recovery, pleading in Russian courts on commercial and bankruptcy cases, and in acting as Ukraine and abroad. He has particular expertise negotiator in contentious and transactional matters. He also regularly advises funders (as non-counsel) in disputes arising in connection with large-scale on cases which they have invested in. Prior to establishing Petrol Chilikov, he worked in disputes teams at infrastructure projects under FIDIC contracts, international and Russian law firms and for a disputes funder. as well as in commodities arbitrations (GAFTA and FOSFA). ‘I started my career with a love for arbitration’, he says. ‘My first big case introduced me to infrastructure and construction disputes, and I have since worked in parallel on arbitration and infrastructure and construction matters.’

He has acted for the State of Ukraine in various ICSID and Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations while his commercial arbitration experience includes acting for one of the leading Ukrainian mobile phone operators in an ICC Rules arbitration, representing a Ukrainian individual in a complex LCIA Rules hearing, and representing the Ministry of Energy and Coal of Ukraine in two VIAC arbitration proceedings related to energy export.

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Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners

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Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners (RGP) has practice), two of Russia’s leading disputes carved a unique position for itself in the counsel. They are joined by 30 highly Russian legal market. We believe no other experienced disputes professionals Russian firm is so well placed to handle specializing in both Russian and complex disputes. international law.

RGP is an independent law firm established We are a cohesive team of seasoned in 2018 in Russia, supporting clients professionals, highly ranked in all aspects from all over the world in their business of dispute resolution and corporate work dealings involving Russia and CIS countries. in a variety of industries, such as power In addition, our firm offers unparalleled and natural resources, financial institutions expertise in foreign legal matters to Russian and financial technology, production companies with significant international and transport, retail and real estate, presence. telecommunications and media business.

With the launch of RGP Advocates’ Our lawyers have been ranked by the Bureau of the City of Moscow, the leading international rankings guides firm now boasts one of the largest and and have represented clients on more most experienced disputes offerings than 350 deals, matters and disputes, among independent Russian law firms. with many of them being the most high- Our disputes practice brings together profile matters in the history of modern the expertise of Ilya Rybalkin (head of Russia, for the total amount in excess of Litigation and Investigations practice) US$90bn, in more than 170 jurisdictions and Dmitry Dyakin (head of Arbitration worldwide.

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Dmitry Dyakin Ilya Rybalkin Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners

Job title: Partner, Head of Arbitration Practice Job title: Partner, Head of Litigation and Other recent matters on which Rybalkin has In 2019 he was included in the ICC Russia’s roster of Number of years in practice: 22 Investigations Practice led include: representing Russian oil and gas arbitrators and his questionnaire was added to the In conversation with… Number of years in practice: 21 company PJSC Tatneft on a US$380m English List of Practitioners on VIAC’s website. In 2020, he Dmitry Dyakin joined Rybalkin, Gortsunyan litigation proceedings and a freezing injunction became a member of the Scientific Advisory Board on and Partners (RGP) in 2020 to head its newly ‘I came to Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners with (RUIE, of which he is now board member) has application in the High Court against four International Law under the Ministry of Justice of the launched arbitration practice. He brings with him a team of ten lawyers. While the firm had practiced given me a great insight into the development of Ilya Rybalkin is a founding partner of Rybalkin, Ukrainian oligarchs; representing a prominent Russian Federation and a member of ICC FraudNet. over two decades of experience representing arbitration before, mainly through the work of arbitration in the Russian Federation. It is the oldest Gortsunyan and Partners (RGP), a law firm one client Russian businessman in BIT arbitration proceedings both state-owned and private companies in a Ilya Rybalkin, the idea was to combine forces to of the three still active arbitral institutions in Russia refers to as ‘the Russian Quinn Emanuel.’ He also heads against a Baltic country, to protect his investments variety of industries, including representations form an international standard commercial and and has close connections with the Russian Union of the litigation and investigations practice at RGP. in the financial sector; representing a Russian for multinationals such as Bayer, BP, Credit Suisse, investment arbitration practice. We are now over Entrepreneurs, which is one of the largest business mining company in #a landmark victory through Iberdrola, Lafarge Cement, and Sanofi-Aventis. He is 30 lawyers covering international disputes. If you organisations in the country. That gives us a good His practice focuses on large-scale commercial cross the annulment by the Swiss Federal Supreme In conversation with… described by one UK barrister as ‘the go-to counsel compare the strength of our team, and the quality insight into the issues encountered by domestic border disputes, fraud litigation, investigations Court of a multimillion dollar arbitration for any sizeable dispute in the Russian market.’ Another of cases we handle, and the clients and complexity businesses when facing disputes. However, we are and reputation recovery matters, though he also award against the company, and representing a ‘The whole idea behind Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & client comments on his ‘unique ability to manage of disputes we work on, RGP is definitely a number also trying to expand and understand the issues faced dedicates a significant part of his practice to advising prominent Russian entrepreneur in significant Partners was to set up a disputes powerhouse. We had complex, multijurisdictional arbitrations while keeping one law firm for disputes in Russia. This is a market by international investors. I am responsible for setting Russian and international clients on their corporate white-collar litigation in which the client faced a very strong name for international litigation, so it was the client appraised and calm.’ traditionally occupied by international firms, so to RUIE’s international agenda and am working to bring activities, especially when there is a contentious serious allegations of dishonest business practice a natural step to expand our practice by bringing in the build a challenger firm in such a short period is a big more international cases to the centre. Case numbers element involved. and money laundering by the finance intelligence best lawyers for arbitration. Our ambition was to grow Prior to joining RGP, Dyakin was a partner and co- achievement. have grown at around 300%, and we are now using unit of an Eastern African country. In this latter the practice and bring in the best talent available. With head of the litigation and arbitration practice at technology to hold remote hearings. This has proved Rybalkin has worked on some of the most case, all charges were withdrawn and the dispute the withdrawal of several major international firms leading Russian firm Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Russia has been something of a virgin territory to be prescient, particularly after the pandemic hit. renowned arbitrations of the past 20 years. He settled as a result of Rybalkin’s strategy of initiating from Russia there was an opportunity to create a new Partners. He leads the ICC Arbitration Commission in for investment treaty arbitration cases over the past made a name for himself in the international bilateral investment treaty arbitration against the market leader. With RGP Advocates Bureau we have Russia and the Investment Arbitration Working Group few years, but we are now seeing a sharp increase. Of my recent matters, the one that stands out legal world in 2012 by acting as lead advisor country. done just that. The number of highly complex cases of the Russian Arbitration Association, is a member Of the dozen or so cases that I routinely handle each most to me is an investment treaty case against a CIS to Alfa-Access-Renova consortium (AAR) on we now handle for major foreign and domestic clients of the Russia/Eurasia Committee of the American Bar year, only two or so would be investment treaty cases. country that has been in the news a lot lately. This is the US$28bn sale of its stake in TNK-BP to Rosneft, Rybalkin started his career in 1998 as a paralegal is an indication that we are now the number one firm Association (ABA), the International Bar Association This is picking up, but the historical absence of these one of the first investment treaty cases against that the largest-ever corporate transaction in Russia. at German firm Bruckhaus, which later became in Russia for disputes and have colonised the niche (IBA) and the Users Council of the Singapore cases means it is still considered somewhat exotic for state and it is the first time for a Russian investor to It followed on from a series of international part of global legal giant Freshfields Bruckhaus traditionally occupied by international firms. International Arbitration Centre (SIAC). In 2017 he the Russian market. Not many firms can handle these use ICSID additional facilities. Russia is not a member arbitration proceedings related to the so-called Deringer. He then joined German rival Noerr in was appointed as the Chairman of the Presidium successfully. of the Washington Convention so cannot use ICSID Arctic alliance between TNK and BP, in which 1999, becoming the firm’s youngest partner ever Historically, international arbitration was always of the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of as a forum, though ICSID additional facilities are Rybalkin had represented Renova. The successful in 2004, before moving to Hogan & Hartson in managed outside Russia. International firms with Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE) and has since Serving as chair of the Arbitration Centre at the permissible. This is somewhat untested which makes resolution of these claims paved the way for the 2006. He joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Russian outposts simply exported matters to their been elected to its Management Board. Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs the case all the more interesting and complicated.’ n later landmark deal. He was also closely involved in 2010 and was known as one of the firm’s leading London, Paris, or Geneva offices. As a result, there in representing Renova Industries in US legal rainmakers in the Russian market. He left to found was little opportunity for local lawyers to develop proceedings initiated against a private individual RGP in 2018. significant expertise in arbitration.’ Our team is for unjustified enrichment. working hard to change this trend. n

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Vladimir Pestrikov Ivan Meleshenko Dmitry Kaysin Yan Kalish Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners

Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Counsel Job title: Counsel

Vladimir Pestrikov is a partner with Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners’ arbitration practice. He focuses on Ivan Meleshenko is a partner at Rybalkin, Over a span of 18 years, Dmitry Kaysin has worked both at one of the leading Russian law firms and as Yan Kalish is counsel at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan complex international commercial, corporate, financial and investment arbitrations, including complex Gortsunyan and Partners. For over 15 years, a deputy director of legal affairs for an asset management company in banking, insurance and alcohol & Partners (RGP). His experience includes: cross-jurisdictional disputes with parallel proceedings both in state courts of various jurisdictions and in he has represented clients in a wide range of industry. His practice focuses on resolution of disputes involving governments, primarily investment representing a prominent Russian businessman international commercial and investment arbitration institutions. He has extensive experience in handling areas such as: dispute resolution, investigations, disputes and investment arbitration. He has vast experience of representing clients in international in a complex multiparty dispute involving arbitration processes under the rules of various arbitration institutions as well as proceedings to recognize domestic and international tax issues, customs arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL, SCC, LCIA, ICC, Swiss Chambers, SIAC, WIPO, and ICAC rules, and a number of litigations and arbitrations and enforce foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Furthermore, Pestrikov is an acknowledged expert in regulations, as well as corporate mergers and in the Russian state courts, including bankruptcy proceedings. This experience includes: representing the in various jurisdictions and ending with a debt recovery, bankruptcy and restructuring, including cases with international aspect. He represents his acquisitions. He has extensive experience in Russian Federation in a $1 bn tax dispute arising out of a production sharing agreement; advising a Russian favourable settlement for the client; acting clients from a number of industries, including gas and oil, retail, telecommunications, construction, and developing complex strategies aimed at solving investor in a dispute related to petrochemical asset expropriation in the territory of a CIS member state; for an entity of the top Russian billionaire in others. corporate conflicts and commercial disputes, advising a Russian contractor and a design institute in arbitration proceedings under the SIAC rules with a major dispute over one of the largest social handling challenging cross-border proceedings, respect to a dispute on the recovery of debt arising out of a construction contract, and representing an Irish networks in Europe – VKontakte, involving Prior to joining RPG, Pestrikov acted as a counsel with the litigation and arbitration practice of a leading law including parallel litigations and arbitrations in bank in Russian bankruptcy proceedings, corporate disputes, real estate disputes and parallel litigations and several proceedings in London, the US and firm for several years. His has an excellent track record of multiple successful cases both in Russia and many multiple jurisdictions, internal investigations and arbitrations in Ukraine, Ireland, Panama and Belize. offshore jurisdictions; representing an offshore other jurisdictions and international institutions. Before that, he held the position of a general counsel at investigations of regulatory and law enforcement company of a Russian businessman against his a major Russian industrial holding. His responsibilities included ensuring legal support for the company’s bodies, as well as asset tracing and recovery He is a member of the Nomination Committee of the Commission on International Arbitration, ICC Russia; a former partner in a dispute relating to recovery commercial projects, in particular, with regard to corporate, tax and antitrust law issues, and providing legal worldwide. In addition to the above, Meleshenko member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (СIArb), a member of the Moscow Region Bar Association of debt. The opponent agreed to recover the advice on securing exemptions, benefits and state support. focuses on international investment arbitration. (2007), and an arbitrator on the Shanghai International Arbitration Centre’s Panel of Arbitrators. debt in full and repay the client’s legal costs, He has represented foreign investors in the and acting for the participants of a multibillion disputes arising out of the breach of investment joint venture managing major business in protection treaties with the Baltic, Central and Russia and CIS in a complex corporate conflict Eastern European, Central Asian and African regarding management of the JV and contractual states. obligations of the JV members. The dispute settled in a favourable outcome for the clients. Prior to joining Rybalkin, Gortsunyan and Partners, he was a counsel at the Moscow office Prior to joining RGP, he worked as an associate at of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, and prior to the Moscow offices of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & that, an attorney at Hogan & Hartson and Noerr. Sullivan and Baker Botts.

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Anastasia Konstantinova Alexander Lazarev Yuri Makhonin Gayane Nadzharova Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners

Job title: Counsel Job title: Counsel Job title: Counsel Job title: Counsel

Anastasia Konstantinova is a counsel in the dispute resolution practice at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Alexander Lazarev is a counsel in the dispute Yuri Makhonin is counsel at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners (RGP), focusing on litigation and arbitration in Gayane Nadzharova is a counsel who focuses her (RGP). She specialises in litigation issues, corporate law and competition. She also has experience in resolution practice at Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Russia, including commercial, real estate, construction and corporate disputes, bankruptcy, debt recovery practice on dispute resolution. Her early career advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, conducting due diligence of Russian Partners. A specialist in litigation and arbitration, and administrative disputes. Yuri represented major foreign and local clients in more than 400 cases in state was spent on general corporate matters, as well companies in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and real estate sectors, as well as participating in internal he also has extensive experience advising arbitrazh, general jurisdiction courts and international arbitration tribunals. as mergers and acquisitions, antimonopoly, real investigations. Russian and international clients on construction, estate and employment issues and Nadzharova commercial, corporate and real estate disputes, His experience includes representing a leading Turkish construction company in regard to $200m ICC has advised clients in various industries on Her experience includes: carrying out an anti-money laundering investigation involving a Russian retail bankruptcy cases, and on recognition and disputes regarding construction and fit-out works in a business centre in Moscow and before the ICAC with private equity transactions, establishment of energy sales holding and Hungarian oil and gas contractors; advising Garsdale (a subsidiary of USM) on a enforcement of foreign common court and regard to the construction of a stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine (amount in dispute is approximately $100m) and joint-ventures and corporate restructuring. Her $1.78 bn sale of Yota, a leading Russian 4G operator, to MegaFon, a leading Russian mobile operator; advising arbitral awards. Prior to joining RGP Alexander defending a metallurgical plant in the arbitration proceedings before the SCC against a Chinese contractor in landmark engagement experience includes, Renova on the consolidation of its shareholding in logistics and storage business, Multinational Logistics was a dispute resolution associate with the a dispute valued at $200m regarding construction of a rolling mill in Chelyabinsk. among other matters, representing PJSC Partnership (MLP), one of Russia and Ukraine’s largest and most successful logistics operators and on the Moscow office of Dechert for nearly ten years. Tatneft, Russia’s fifth biggest oil company, in subsequent sale of 100% of its shares, and advising AF Telecom in relation to MegaFon’s $8.5 bn shareholder He is a member of the Russian national committee of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR; and a US$380m English litigation proceedings and restructuring, which resulted in AF Telecom becoming a majority shareholder of MegaFon. Committee member of Moscow Commercial Litigators’ Forum. Prior to joining RGP, Makhonin worked at the a freezing injunction application in the High leading Russian and international law firms. He spent ten years at Dechert, the last three of which saw him Court against four Ukrainian oligarchs – Messrs. She joined RGP from Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld, where she had worked since 2012. supervising all of the firm’s Russian dispute resolution work. Igor Kolomoysky, Gennady Bogolyubov, Pavel Ovcharenko and Alexander Yaroslavsky – in relation to large and complex alleged cross- border fraudulent activities. The Best Lawyers 2021 recognises Nadzharova among the top litigation lawyers in Russia.

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Varvara Voynova Stanislav Karandasov Vsevolod Taraskin Timur Abushakhmanov Maxim Bezruchenkov Vadim Vunukainen Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners

Job title: Counsel Job title: Senior associate Job title: Senior associate Job title: Associate Job title: Associate Job title: Associate

Varvara Voynova is a counsel with RGP. Her Stanislav Karandasov is a senior associate at Vsevolod Taraskin is a senior associate at Timur Abushakhmanov is an associate with Maxim Bezruchenkov is an associate in our Vadim Vunukainen is an associate in our practice focuses primarily on international Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners. He has extensive Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners. His extensive Rybalkin, Gortsunyan & Partners. He is known arbitration practice. He is co-author of numerous arbitration practice. During his career, he arbitration and dispute resolution matters, experience of representing clients in international disputes experience includes: representing the for his deep understanding of the peculiarities articles on international arbitration published has participated in dozens of arbitrations although she has been involved in a substantial arbitration proceedings under UNCITRAL, ICC and Russian Federation in Exxon Neftegas Limited of international commercial and investment in Russian and foreign media, has written under ICC, SCC, LCIA and ICAC at the RF CCI number of mergers and acquisitions and capital ICAC rules. His practice focuses on resolution of v the Russian Federation and Sakhalin Oblast, arbitration and has substantial expertise in several articles as part of the HSE Academic arbitration rules as a counsel. Further, he markets transactions. Voynova’s landmark cross border disputes in Russian courts, specifically, a $1bn ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL complex disputes. Notable cases include Fund grant programme and is an author gained experience in his role as a tribunal engagement experience includes representing on recognition and enforcement of foreign court Rules; representing Mr Deripaska in Deripaska representing a major European agribusiness of publications on business law and law of secretary. Apart from international disputes, Renova Industries Ltd in two arbitration judgments and arbitral awards. In addition, he is v Montenegro ad hoc arbitration under the company in a dispute with a BVI subsidiary procedure. Bezruchenkov is actively involved in Vunukainen is experienced in advising on proceedings in the ICC as well as representing well versed in bankruptcy proceedings, including UNCITRAL Rules; advising a top-tier Russian of a Russian agribusiness company under the industry-specific events held by business and Russian litigation projects. His expertise covers Renova Group and Viktor Vekselberg in a US$1bn cross border bankruptcy cases. telecom provider regarding an investment Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Rules with professional associations and often speaks at construction disputes with a particular focus commercial litigation case in the British Virgin dispute against a Central Asian state, and regard to implementation of a share exchange conferences. He gained extensive experience in on FIDIC arbitrations, financial and banking Islands regarding a joint venture in respect of representing a UAE investor in a joint venture agreement stipulating sweep of shares of Russian dispute resolution and international commercial disputes, as well as corporate conflicts a domestic Russian electric power generation dispute with Russian construction group in and Cypriot subsidiary companies worth over arbitration advising clients on complex disputes including those involving parallel cross-border business. The dispute focused on disagreements Russian courts and parallel LCIA arbitration. €10m; representing an employer in a construction before Russian arbitration courts, as well as on proceedings. Vunukainen’s projects involve as to the terms of the joint venture and also dispute under the Rules of the International matters concerning international arbitration and issues of Austrian, English, Belarussian, Chinese, involved claims of fraud, conspiracy and Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of recognition and enforcement of international Luxembourg, German, Russian, Finnish, Czech, misrepresentation. The Best Lawyers 2021 Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation awards and judgments in Russia and Russian Swedish and Swiss law. Previously, during his recognises Voynova among the top litigation against a contractor who sought to recover €3.5m judgments abroad. professional studies, he held the position of lawyers in Russia. as alleged unjust enrichment; and advising a the Chair of Students’ Civil Law Association at Russian state-owned company in a dispute against Saint Petersburg State University, as well as its former employee with parallel proceedings participated in William C. Vis Moot and ELSA underway in Guernsey, the British Virgin Islands Moot on WTO law. and in Luxembourg, the overall amount in dispute being around €50m. Abushakhmanov was also involved in advising a Luxembourg-incorporated company on litigation proceedings for the recovery of US$45m against the directors and management company of a Cypriot investment fund, in which it holds investor shares, before the District Court of Nicosia, Cyprus, as well as representing the company in a parallel criminal investigation in 54 ARBITRATION POWERLIST 2020 Russia. CIS AND CAUCASUS 55 PROFILES

Olexander Droug Timour Sysouev Dmitry Semashko Oleg Alyoshin Sayenko Kharenko SBH Law Offices Stepanovski, Papakul and Partners Vasil Kisil & Partners

Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Job title: Partner Location: Ukraine Location: Belarus Location: Belarus Location: Ukraine Number of years in practice: 11 Number of years in practice: 28 Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 25 Admissions: Kyiv Bar Number of years as an arbitrator: 22 Admissions: Minsk City Bar Association (admitted to practise in all courts of the Republic of Number of years as an arbitrator: Three Main sectors covered: Banking and financial Admissions: Minsk Region Bar Belarus) Current appointments as arbitrator: Five services (including securities), M&A, Main sectors covered: Sport, transport and Geographical areas of focus: Belarus, Russia, CIS, Switzerland, EU (especially Germany, Italy), Main sectors covered: Shareholder shareholders, trade, telecommunication, infrastructure, energy, international trade, USA, UK and Ireland, China (Hong Kong) disputes, commercial & contractual construction, aviation, product liability, as well banking and financial services Languages: Belarusian, English, Russian disputes, oil & gas, infrastructure, as sports Geographical areas of focus: Belarus, Russia, construction and real estate, telecoms Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and others Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, UK, Geographical areas of focus: Ukraine, CIS, EU Dmitry Semashko is an experienced counsel whose practice focuses on commercial cross-border litigation Languages: English, Ukrainian, Russian Languages: English, Russian, Belarusian, and arbitration, with particular expertise in the field of administrative law and state-involved disputes. He US, EU, Russian Federation Ukrainian has represented clients in Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Kazakhstan. After graduating in Belarus Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English he continued his legal education at the American University Washington College of Law with focus on Olexander Droug has been with Sayenko Kharenko international commercial and investment arbitration (becoming the second Belarusian lawyer and fourth for over ten years, having joined the firm in 2007. He Timour Sysouev is head of dispute resolution Belarusian national to study under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program in its 40-year history), Oleg Alyoshin is an international arbitration and specialises in dispute resolution and restructuring with at SBH Law Office where he has developed a and later worked in the arbitration practice of an international law firm based in Washington, DC. In 2018, cross-border litigation partner with more than a focus on international arbitration and cross-border market-leading practice as both a litigator and along with my colleagues from another Belarusian law firm, he created Young ADR Belarus, the first ever 25 years of experience representing companies, commercial litigation. His experience includes advising arbitrator. He has been appointed as arbitrator organisation for young and aspiring arbitration counsel in that country. Since 2019 he has been a member of individuals and governments in complex and local and foreign clients at all stages of complex on over 200 occasions during his career and the Young Advocate Council at Minsk City Bar where he has initiated a leadership program for young lawyers, high-value disputes across many industry multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving the BVI, continues to serve as both arbitrator and counsel giving them the tools to navigate the early years of their careers, opportunities to network, and resources to sectors, including energy, finance, construction, Cyprus, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK, and other fora, as well as commercial and investment in a variety of sectors. He is a member of the grow their skills. This year he has started teaching civil law as an adjunct professor at the Academy of Public shareholder relationships, joint ventures and arbitration under the arbitration rules of all major international arbitration institutions (LCIA, ICC, SCC), ICSID Ukrainian Arbitration Association, an associate Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus. M&A, media and telecommunications. He Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, and arbitration rules of the Ukrainian and CIS-based member Russian Arbitration Association, a graduated from Taras Shevchenko National arbitration institutions. member of the Vienna International Arbitral University of Kyiv (Institute of International Law) Center ,a member of the Presidium and arbitrator in 1993 and commenced legal practice in Ukraine Droug is regularly invited to contribute to some of the key legislation in the areas of arbitration, litigation and of the International Arbitration Court at the in 1995 at law firm “Jurvneshservice”, which was restructuring. He was recently involved in the working group of the Ukrainian Arbitration Association on the Belarus Chamber of Commerce and Industry, In conversation with… one of the first private law firm in Ukraine after development of a draft law to improve judicial support by the Ukrainian courts to international arbitration. and a recommenced arbitrator at the Court of dissolution of the USSR. In January, 2003 he Droug has also advised the World Bank on a draft law concerning financial restructuring (establishing a Arbitration for Sport (Lausanne, Switzerland). ‘In 2014-2015 I was involved in a CISG arbitration where a party relied on a Force Majeure clause joined Vasil Kisil & Partners, which was founded legislative framework for informal workouts and pre-packaged restructurings), and has advised the European regarding military actions on the East of Ukraine. At that period of time the position of the international by Dr Kisil, Professor of the Department of Private Bank of Reconstruction and Development on the drafting of its expedited Arbitration Rules for resolving community was uncertain. The president of Ukraine enacted a state of emergency with special decree in two International Law of the Institute of International disputes arising in financial restructuring procedures under the Law of Ukraine and on its draft law on regions, but the rest of the country continued with ordinary life. Due to this uncertainty, the tribunal and the Law at Taras Shevchenko National University and derivatives (addressing close-out netting in the bankruptcy proceedings). parties analysed the economic connections that may permit force majeure.’ n a group of his former students.

In March 2017, Droug was included in the list of arbitrators elected to settle disputes arising in financial Alyoshin is the Ukrainian representative in the restructuring procedures under the Law of Ukraine on Financial Restructuring. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. He is also a member of the American Chamber of Commerce (ACC), of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the European Business Association (EBA).

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Alexey Anischenko Kirill Trukhanov Julia Zagonek Sorainen Trubor Law Firm White & Case

Job title: Partner Job title: Partner case against a Czech company. His hard work saw Job title: Managing Partner Location: Belarus the client win a US$10m award that was promptly Location: Russia Location: Russia Number of years in practice: 21 enforced just before the global pandemic brought Number of years in practice: 14 Number of years in practice: 20 international arbitration to a halt. Number of years as an arbitrator: 11 Number of years as an arbitrator: Three Number of years as an arbitrator: Seven Current appointments as arbitrator: Three (two He has also been an enthusiastic supporter of aspiring Admissions: Moscow Bar Current appointments as arbitrator: Two as chair, one as party-appointed arbitrator) arbitration counsel in Belarus, both at the firm and Main sectors covered: International trade, construction, corporate, film industry Admissions: Law Society of England and among his students at the Belarusian State University. Wales; Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Rights of Admissions: Belarusian Republican Bar, Minsk His most recent CSR activities in that area have Geographical areas of focus: Russia & CIS, EU City Bar included the launch of Young ADR Belarus, organising Languages: Russian, English Audience) Main sectors: International trade and the first International Commercial Arbitration Principal matters covered: Shareholder, Summer School in Belarus under the auspices of partnership and JV disputes, general investment, IT/telecom, construction, energy, the International Arbitration Court at the Belarusian Kirill Trukhanov is managing partner of Trubor Law Firm, a multi-practice boutique which he co-founded in corporate/M&A, transportation, finance and Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and running a 2016. He specialises in dispute resolution and has extensive experience representing major domestic and commercial disputes, oil and gas, mining insurance Legal Practice Course for young practitioners under foreign clients before Russian commercial (arbitrazh) courts and international arbitral tribunals. Over the past and metals, power, private equity, financial the auspices of the Belarusian Republican Bar and eight years, he has acted as counsel in international arbitration cases under ICAC Rules, LCIA Rules, HKIAC institutions, agency agreements and Geographical areas of focus: Post-USSR Institute for Training of Justice Practitioners. Rules, SCC Rules and Swiss Rules. He has also acted as an arbitrator in arbitral proceedings and as a Russian countries (particularly Belarus, Russia, Ukraine), law expert in arbitral and foreign court proceedings. telecoms Baltic countries, EU members (particularly He was recently appointed to the International Geographical areas of focus: CIS, Eastern Advisory Board (IAB) of the Vienna International Europe, Western Europe, Israel Poland, Austria, Italy), Switzerland, UK, China Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and is a member of the Languages: Belarusian, Russian, English, Polish presidium of Belarus’ newest arbitration centre, which to study the basics of common contract law to argue Languages: English, Russian, French he says ‘intends not to act as an alternative to the the case against the Ukrainian claimant, who was In conversation with… established centres but to provide healthy competition for represented by Ukrainian counsel. The only English Described as ‘tough but peaceful’ by a client, Sorainen’s both local and regional users.’ law qualified lawyer in the hearing room was the sole ‘Arbitration counsel can often struggle with their interpreters. I remember one occasion in particular Julia Zagonek is an English solicitor-advocate Alexey Anischenko has built up a formidable record arbitrator, who eventually dismissed the claim to our where the interpreter, who was recommended by the counsel for the other side, would omit some important and a partner in the international arbitration in international arbitration, with over half his cases great pleasure, having upheld our argument based on evidence given by a witness from the outset, which slowed down the whole process considerably. By the practice of White & Case. She has built a career ending with a favourable settlement to his clients. consideration of the theory. end of the cross-examination the interpreter had started to summarise and paraphrase what the witness had in international arbitration having represented Anischenko himself says that, ‘a good arbitration said, despite the fact that both arbitrator and counsel had specifically asked her not to do so on a number states, leading global corporations and high-net- counsel should be like a bulldog that is always prepared In conversation with… As an arbitrator, I always enjoy digging for truth of occasions. The culmination, which made every Russian speaker in the hearing room burst into laughter, worth individuals in complex multi-jurisdiction to snap at the heels, but must never forget how to be a though evidence investigation and, especially, happened when the interpreter started explaining very emotionally the real meaning of the question from disputes conducted under all major arbitral mediator who can defuse a situation.’ ‘The toughest challenge so far in my work as witness and expert examination. That largely explains the arbitrator to the witness, instead of giving word-by-word translation. The cross-examination, despite the institutions and rules. She is regularly appointed counsel was a three day VIAC hearing which I had to why I was actively engaged with the Prague Rules clumsiness of the situation and very unhelpful interpreter, worked out well in the end.’ n as arbitrator. She also represents clients in court He joined Sorainen in 2008 to develop the dispute run in Vienna with terrible toothache. I spent the entire initiative from its very start. My favourite experience proceedings concerning applications for interim resolution practice at its newly-opened Minsk time on painkillers and basically without having slept includes resolving the debt recovery claim made measures such as disclosure and worldwide office. For a firm which has its roots in the Baltic and or eaten. Luckily we won the case so all the pain was by a circus, which confirmed it had held actual freezing orders. Zagonek has authored a has historically focused on M&A, it was chance for worth suffering. A much easier and more entertaining performances only by producing a few playbills and number of articles and chapters on international Anischenko to make his mark. Dispute resolution experience was our recent win in a small but principled witness testimonies of circus actors. arbitration and regularly teaches English law has since grown to represent a far larger share of the SCC arbitration, where the client did not have any and international arbitration at leading Russian firm’s revenues across its various offices, and under reasonable budget for proper representation and I prefer to approach disputes from conflict universities. She is a member of the LCIA Court Anischenko’s guidance Sorainen has developed an the client’s chief executive refused to travel to the management, rather than conflict resolution and the ICC Court, as well as the ICC Russia integrated arbitration practice. hearing. That left us with the only evidence supporting perspective and I am an active proponent of Arbitration Committee and Nominations the defence being the chief executive’s testimony commercial mediation as the most effective means Committee member. She also holds a position Anischenko has been involved in some of the explaining the whole story behind the case, which was of dealing with commercial disagreements. Though on the VIAC’s International Advisory Board and region’s standout arbitrations, including successfully filmed on an iPhone and posted on YouTube. I’m not commercial mediation is not so widespread in serves as Diversity and Inclusion Officer on the representing a Lithuania-based energy company sure if that was eventually a decisive factor, but we, as a Belarus (domestic arbitration alike), mainly due to the IBA Arbitration Committee. in its ICSID case against the Republic of Latvia over counsel, were very much convinced it would be and it “cheap and quick” approach of courts, I am making a breach of fair and equitable treatment under inspired to draft persuasive submissions. continuous efforts to promote its usage, at least in the Latvia–Lithuania bilateral investment treaty. resolving shareholders disputes, where state courts More recently, he led the Sorainen team that acted Tight budgets can result in amusing episodes. I are not so efficient.’n alongside the Vienna and Prague offices of Wolf was involved in an LCIA arbitration originating from Theiss in a Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) a loan agreement subject to English law, where I had

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