FIRMS 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. CIS AND CAUCASUS 1 CIS AND CAUCASUS POWERLIST 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 TEAM PROFILE Lasha Arveladze Ekaterina Tilling Alexander Khrenov 46 59 12 Roger Gladei Sergey Kovalev Rybalkin, Gortsunyan Kirill Trukhanov Olga Vorozhbyt & Partners Elnur Eyvazov Alexei Panich Julia