Popov Sergey

KIAP, Attorneys at Law

psa-m@yandex.ru

General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - fluent

Career

2011 - 2021

KIAP, Attorneys at Law , Moscow

Head of practice

Qualified to practice law in:

Russia

Experience as counsel

Acted as counsel for 5-10 years in international arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

SCC Rules

Examples of cases

Representation of engineering & construction company located in Czech Republic in EUR25m construction dispute before the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce against one of the Russian leading metallurgical companies.

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

construction experts

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Stockholm

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

Russian law

Has been involved as counsel in:

сonstruction arbitrations

Dispute resolution by dispute boards:

Has been involved in dispute resolution as counsel

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

RUDN University, Ph.D., 2004

Preferences as an arbitrator

Pre-appointment interview

available

Written submissions style

no general preference

Production of documents (general approach):

broad disclosure

Written submissions and bundles:

fully electronic

Allocation of time during an oral hearing:

no general preference

Using PowerPoint in oral presentations:

no general preference

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

Always

Approach to encouraging parties to amicably resolving dispute

Arbitrators should encourage parties to settle the dispute including by making inquiries and/or steps such as encouraging participation of in-house counsel or management in hearings