Shchavelev Alexander

Sole arbitrator appointed by the DIS in an arbitration between two German entities in connection with an infrastructure project. The dispute was settled and the proceedings were terminated by means of an award on agreed terms. The parties had exchanged one round of submissions and were provided with a preliminary case assessment in connection with the CMC on the basis of which the settlement was concluded.

Several multi-million arbitrations in connection with post-M&A disputes under the DIS and ICC Rules seated in Germany with German substantive law. Several multi-million gas price revision arbitrations triggered by the liberalisation of the European gas market under the DIS, ICC and LCIA Rules seated in Germany, Switzerland and London with German and English substantive law. An ad hoc arbitration in connection with a dispute over the construction of a power plant seated in Germany with German substantive law. A multi-million ICC arbitration in the pharmaceutical sector under the ICC Rules seated in Switzerland with Swiss substantive law.

Russian client v Turkish contractor, claims in connection with an infrastructure project in Russia, London seat, English law, LCIA Rules, multi-million. Dutch client v Italian and Russian sub-contractor, claims arising out of an engineering services agreement and preparation of Russian Proyekt documentation for a construction project in Russia, Cologne seat, German law, DIS Rules, approx. EUR 20 mln. German client v US distributor, claims and counterclaims arising out of the termination of a distribution agreement in the eyewear industry, Munich seat, German law, DIS Rules, approx. EUR 10 mln. Parallel interim injunction in aid of arbitration in the United States. Major German shipyard (client) vs German employer, dispute arising out of a contract for the construction of an offshore wind farm, Hamburg seat, German law, DAB proceedings. Major German company in the automotive sector (client) v German supplier, joint-venture dispute, Frankfurt seat, German law, DIS rules. Major German company in the automotive sector (client) v Dutch supplier, commercial dispute, Berlin seat, German law, DIS rules. German seller v German buyer, post M&A arbitration pursuing earn-out claims, Dusseldorf seat, German law, fast track DIS rules.

Publications and presentations: - Strong support for arbitration in sanction-related disputes despite new risks, Out-Law Analysis, 25 April 2023 - A global comparison of international arbitration rules on new claims – Germany, Out-Law Analysis, 24 January 2023 (together with Carlo Schick) - JSC Ural Transport Machinery Construction Company vs Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz Spolka Akcyjna – Case note, UKuR 2022, p. 515 - Security for costs in arbitration related state court proceedings in Germany [Die Einrede mangelnder Prozesskostensicherheit in gerichtlichen Verfahren nach dem 10. Buch der ZPO], SchiedsVZ 2022, p. 265 (in German, together with Sibylle Schumacher) - Supply Chain Disruption and Arbitration, presentation at DIS40 regional roundtable (19 July 2022) - Choice of Court and Arbitration Agreements with Russian Parties subject to Foreign Restrictive Measures. Case note on Russian Supreme Court’s decision JSC Ural Transport Machinery Construction Company vs Pojazdy Szynowe PESA Bydgoszcz Spolka Akcyjna, Case No. A60-36897/2020, 7 (1) DRRZ 2022, 90 - Bankruptcy vs International Arbitration – German perspective, panel presentation at RAA40/RusFor Webinar, 1 June 2021 - Intersection of arbitration and insolvency focus of new toolkit, Out-Law News, 24 March 2021 - DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 – Experience of two years of application [Арбитражный Регламент ДИС 2018 – опыт применения первых двух лет], 2 (4) Commercial Arbitration 2020, 210 (in Russian) - International Arbitration in Germany, in Flecke-Giammarco/Boog/ Elsing/Heckel/Meier (eds), The DIS Arbitration Rules, Kluwer Law International, 2020, § 1.02 (together with Alexander Grimm and Ulrich Kopetzki) - Cybersecurity protocol will raise awareness of data protection in arbitration, Out-Law News, 26 November 2019 - Germany's highest court awards damages for violation of a choice of court agreement, Out-Law Analysis, 21 October 2019 - Host State’s Regulatory Freedom and Investors’ Legitimate Expectations, panel presentation at Young ICCA/Young IMA Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration (St. Petersburg, 2 November 2018) - The New DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 [Die neue DIS-Schiedsgerichtsordnung 2018], IPrax 2018, p. 461 (in German, together with Siegfried H. Elsing) - The New 2018 Arbitration Rules of the German Arbitration Institute [Новый Регламент Коммерческого Арбитража 2018 Немецкого Арбитражного Института (ДИС)], DRJV-Sammelband zum deutschen Recht in russischer Sprache [Сборник статей о праве Германии], No. 3, 2018, p. 255 (in Russian, online publication) - DIS Arbitration Rules 2018 – Well-tried Rules Dressed New [DIS-Schiedsordnung 2018 – Altbewährtes in neuem Gewand], M&A Review 2018, p. 118 (in German, together with Siegfried H. Elsing) - International Arbitration – Facilitating the Dialogue in a Dispute [Internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit – Förderung des Dialogs im Streitfall], in Birke/Wedde (eds), Im Dienst des deutsch-russischen Rechtsdialogs: Festschrift 30 Jahre Deutsch-Russische Juristenvereinigung, BWV, 2018, p. 77 (in German, together with Antonida Netzer) - The Role of Party-Appointed Arbitrators, in Shaughnessy/Tung (eds), The Powers and Duties of an Arbitrator: Liber Amicorum Pierre A. Karrer, Kluwer Law International, 2017, p. 65 (together with Siegfried H. Elsing) - Umbrella Clauses - A Balanced Approach to Interpretation, GRIN Verlag, 2013