Trusova Elena

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

elena.trusova@bclplaw.com

General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - fluent

Career

2009 - 2021

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner , Moscow

Partner

2002 - 2009

Pepeliaev, Goltsblat & Partners , Moscow

Chief Attorney

Qualified to practice law in:

Russia

Experience as arbitrator

Served as arbitrator in 8-10 cases in domestic and international arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

ICAC Rules

LCIA Rules

ICC Rules

SCC Rules

Examples of cases

Claim by FGC UES PJSC against Energiya Severa LLC for recovery of RUB 2,787,700.00. Case No. 67/2019-373; Claim by Technotorg JSC against IDGC of Siberia PJSC for recovery of RUB 1,019,966.40. Case No. 62/2019-368; Claim by Energosphera LLC (Kubaneletroschit LLC) against STROYTRANSGAZ-VOSTOK LLC for recovery of RUB 819,506.23

Sat as sole arbitrator:

Yes

Sat as chair:

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as arbitrator in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

London

Paris

Stockholm

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

London

Paris

Stockholm

Has been involved in arbitrations where the applicable substantive law was:

Russian law

English law

Swedish law

Japanese law, Dutch law

Has been involved as arbitrator in:

commercial arbitration

сonstruction arbitrations

investment arbitration

Has been involved as counsel in:

сonstruction arbitrations

commercial arbitration

sports arbitration

investment arbitration

Dispute resolution by dispute boards:

Has been involved in dispute resolution as counsel

Expert determination:

Has been involved in expert determination as counsel

Mediation:

Has been involved in mediation as legal counsel

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

Internship with the arbitration team of law firm Slaughter and May in London.

Listed as arbitrator with the following institutions:

Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); Member of Arbitration Commission of ICC Russia

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

State University of Land Administration, Lawyer (Specialist), Honors: honours degree, 1999

Awards and ratings:

IP Practice led by Elena Trusova has, for several years running, been top-ranked/ highly recommended: • Tier 1 by The Legal 500 2016-2020; • Band 3 by Chambers 2021; • Group 1 by the Pravo.ru-300 2016-2020. The Dispute Resolution Practice: • Tier 2 by The Legal 500 2017-2020 (Dispute resolution: litigation); • Band 4 by Chambers 2018-2021 (Dispute Resolution: Domestic High-End); • Group 2 by the Pravo.ru-300 2017-2020. •International Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation: • Tier 2 by The Legal 500 2017-2020 (Dispute resolution: arbitration and mediation); • Band 3 by Chambers 2018-2020 (Dispute Resolution: International); • Group 1 by the national rating Pravo.ru-300 2017-2020 •Personal rankings: • Elena is included in Band 3 by Chambers 2016-2021 (IP) • Band 4 by Chambers 2021 (Dispute Resolution) • A Leading Individual in Dispute resolution: litigation by The Legal 500 2018-2020

Positions (current and former) in arbitration community bodies / working groups / as law professor

Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

Preferences as an arbitrator

Pre-appointment interview

available

Conflicts of interest: scope of disclosure

TBC

A preferable fee rate or structure / willingness to waive travel and other costs

Flexible approach

Written submissions style

TBC

Production of documents (general approach):

TBC

Written submissions and bundles:

Depending on the volume and form of documents, a reasonable approach will be chosen.

Allocation of time during an oral hearing:

Upon agreement with the parties, a schedule of hearings may be established with different procedural stages and equal time given to the parties within those stages to present their case, question witnesses, cross-examine, speech on the examination of evidence, etc.

Using PowerPoint in oral presentations:

Yes

Party's right to present its case

Maximum deference to the right to present the party’s case

Rigorous control of the process by the tribunal

To what extent should arbitrators raise issues that have not been directly addressed by the relevant party but have been identified by the arbitrators

The arbitrator has the right to question a party about unexplained facts and clarify their legal positions, without departing from the rule of objectivity or formulating new arguments for the parties.

Approach to encouraging parties to amicably resolving dispute

It is not the task of the arbitrator to "force the parties to peace", but the arbitrators can help to promote the emergence of agreements between the parties, as well as encourage the parties to find a compromise and, to some extent ( by choice of the parties) help to formulate one.