Zenkova Marina

White & Case

mzenkova@whitecase.com

Tel: +7 495 645 4965

Address: White & Case LLC, 4 Romanov pereulok, 125009 Moscow

General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - fluent

French - can read documents without translation

Career

2012 - 2021

White & Case , Moscow

Associate

Qualified to practice law in:

Russia

United Kingdom

Experience as counsel

Acted as counsel for 5-10 years in domestic and international arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

ICAC Rules

LCIA Rules

SCC Rules

SIAC Rules

UNCITRAL Rules

ICSID Convention

ICSID Additional Facility Rules

Examples of cases

- Representing the Republic of Belarus in investment treaty claims commenced by: (i) Manolium Processing under the UNCITRAL Rules concerning a real estate project in the centre of Minsk; (ii) Grand Express under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules concerning insolvency of a railcar producing plant; (iii) Delta Belarus Holding under the ICSID Rules in connection with the revocation of Delta Bank's licence. - Representing a group of companies in a dispute between former business-partners involving Bermudan court proceedings and an English-law governed LCIA arbitration (seated in London) in connection with liabilities created by them. - Representing a Hungarian subsidiary of a Korean company engaged in the production of heating and air-conditioning systems in a Russian law governed ICAC dispute (seated in Moscow) arising out of the supply agreement. - Representing a Ukrainian client in an English-law governed LCIA arbitration (seated in London) and supporting court proceedings against a joint venture partner.

In 2 or more cases had direct responsibility for instructing and liaison with

construction experts

national law experts

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

London

Hague

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

Russian law

English law

international law

Has been involved as counsel in:

investment arbitration

commercial arbitration

сonstruction arbitrations

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

Novosibirsk State University, international law, specialist degree, 2012

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

Member of the Young Singapore International Arbitration Centre (YSIAC) Committee

Preferences as an arbitrator

Pre-appointment interview

available

Conflicts of interest: scope of disclosure

IBA Guidelines

Written submissions style

memorial

Production of documents (general approach):

IBA Rules or Prague Rules-based approach depending on the nature and amount of dispute and the parties' views

Written submissions and bundles:

printed submission and electronic exhibits

Allocation of time during an oral hearing:

Bockstiegel method (allocating an equal amount of time to each party with their freedom to use it as they wish between opening, examinations and closing)

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

If it is a legal issue or an important factual issue

Approach to encouraging parties to amicably resolving dispute

Where the parties would like to explore the possibility of settlement, the arbitrators should assist them by procedural means but should not take initiative in this regard