Ais Lidzhanova is a partner and Head of Dubai office at TA Advisory.
Ais is a solicitor of England & Wales and an attorney-at-law in Russia. Prior to joining TA Advisory and relocating to Dubai, Ais practised at leading law firms in London and Moscow.
Ais has extensive experience in representing global corporations as well as UHNWIs in international arbitration (ICAC, ICC, LCIA, SCC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, ad hoc under the UNCITRAL International Arbitration Rules). Her experience also includes representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional litigation and coordination of large asset recovery projects globally. Ais has a particular specialism in cross-border insolvency matters.
Ais’ industry experience spans oil and gas, banking and finance, transportation and airlines, infrastructure, and construction, among others.
Ais is a Ph.D. candidate with an educational background in the U.S. As an active member of the arbitration community, she chairs committees in international legal organisations and regularly speaks at global conferences. She has been named as one of the next generation arbitrators among leading academics and practitioners.
Ais has been recognised by Best Lawyers for her work in International Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation, Insolvency and Reorganisation Law, and Litigation.
Yury Babichev is a partner at Alumni Partners law firm. He is admitted to legal practice in the Russian Federation and in the State of New York.
Yury Babichev's primary areas of practice are international arbitration and cross-border litigation. He is experienced in commercial and investment arbitrations, fraud and conspiracy claims, derivative litigations, shareholder disputes, M&A related disputes, large-scale debt recovery and restructurings, distressed assets sales and other special situations involving multiple jurisdictions.
Yury is also appointed as an arbitrator. He is a Board member of the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration.
Before setting up Alumni Partners in 2022, Yury was a partner and formerly counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and Goltsblat BLP. Prior to that, he was with Cleary Gottlieb for ten years.
He holds an LL.M. degree from Columbia University in New York, which he graduated from with Harlan Fiske Stone distinction in 2010. Yury also graduated with distinction from the Moscow State University Law School in 2007.
He was named among top ten arbitration practitioners under 40 by RAA-40 in 2016-2019. He is also listed by Pravo-300 for International Arbitration and International Litigation and rated by Kommersant for International Arbitration in 2023. Yury he was earlier recommended as a Rising Star by The Legal 500 in 2020-2021.
In 2021-2023, Yury contributed to preparation of the ICC Guide on Disability Inclusion in International Arbitration. Yury is also a member of the Guardianship Board of Gulfstream Charity Foundation, which promotes a holistic culture of inclusion of people with disabilities.
Olga Kokoz is an attorney-at-law and a founder of Olga Kokoz Legal. Olga specializes in international commercial arbitration and complex cross-border disputes in state courts.
Olga has appeared as counsel in arbitrations under the ICAC, RAC, SIAC, SCC Rules. She represented clients in Russian and foreign state courts on issues related to bankruptcy, corporate disputes, enforcement of arbitration awards and foreign court judgements. Olga has wide experience in preparation of Russian law expert reports for foreign arbitration and state court proceedings. Olga has acted as arbitrator in disputes under RAC Rules and is included in the List of associated arbitrators at RSPP.
Prior to establishing her own law practice Olga practiced at Kulkov, Kolotilov and Partners as a senior associate.
Olga has been recognised by Best Lawyers for her work in International Arbitration, Arbitration and Mediation. Sha was named among top ten arbitration practitioners under 40 by RAA-40 in 2020.
Alexandra Dmitrieva is a senior associate at LEVEL Legal Services. Alexandra specialises in representing Russian and foreign companies in complex cross-border disputes in state courts and international commercial arbitrations. She has experience in internal investigations on fraud, anti-corruption and export control violations.
In 2023, she was included in the individual rating of "rising stars" lawyers according to the business publication Kommersant in the International Commercial Arbitration and Compliance categories.
Alexandra has been an attorney-at-law and a member of the Moscow Bar Association since 2023.
She is a former associate of the Moscow office of Hogan Lovells, international law firm.
Alexandra holds a degree of Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws from the National Research University “Higher School of Economics”.
Sergey Lysov is an attorney-at-law at Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & partners.
For the last 12 years Sergey represents Russian and foreign clients in arbitration proceedings, insolvency cases, recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, construction cases, corporate disputes and disputes arising out of international trade agreements. He acted as an arbitrator under RAC Rules.
Sergey is recognised by the international legal directory Best Lawyers (International Arbitration and Litigation) and by top Russian directories Pravo.300 (First Band in International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation (high market) and Kommersant (International Arbitration).
Sergey is also a visiting professor in Higher School of Economics and Russian Foreign Trade Academy.
Natalia Andreeva is a senior associate at Kucher Kuleshov Maximenko & Partners (KKMP). She focuses her practice on dispute resolution, representing large businesses in a wide range of disputes in international investment and commercial arbitration (under ICC, ICSID AF, UNCITRAL, SCC, LCIA rules), as well as in cross-border litigation. Her professional expertise covers investment and construction disputes, including FIDIC contract disputes, as well as financial and banking disputes.
Prior to joining KKMP, Natalia was an associate at the Dispute Resolution practice of Better Chance law firm and at the International Arbitration and Litigation practice of EPAM Law.
Since 2022, Natalia has been a member of the Steering Committee of Russian Women in Arbitration (RWA), an initiative to promote gender equality and support women's leadership in arbitration.
Natalia graduated with honors from the National Research University Higher School of Economics with a Master's degree in Private International Law.
