Russian - sufficiently fluent in order to handle proceedings and render an award
English - sufficiently fluent in order to handle proceedings and render an award
German - sufficiently fluent in order to handle proceedings and render an award
Career
Germany Trade & Invest
, Bonn
Senior Lawyer
Germany
Experience as arbitrator
Served as arbitrator in more than 10 cases in international arbitrations
ICAC Rules
ICC Rules
VIAC Rules
DIS Rules
UNCITRAL Rules
Examples of cases
1) ICC Arbitration (Expedited Procedure); Co-arbitrator appointed by one of the parties; Claim for damages; Parties from Russia and Germany; Russian law; place of arbitration: Vienna, Austria (200,000 USD);
2) Ad hoc arbitration, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; Co-arbitrator appointed by one of the parties; Claims under a Distributorship Agreement; Parties from Russia and Germany; German law; place of arbitration: Vienna, Austria (5.8 million EUR);
3) VIAC Arbitration, Vienna Rules; Sole Arbitrator appointed by the institution; Claims under a Joint Venture Agreement; Parties from Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic; German law; place of arbitration: Vienna, Austria (600,000 EUR);
4) German Arbitration Institute (DIS); Presiding arbitrator appointed by co-arbitrators; Payment claim under a sales agreement; German law; Parties from Germany and Belarus; German law; place of arbitration: Münster, Germany (460,000 EUR);
5) ICAC/MKAS at CCI RF; Presiding arbitrator appointed by the institution; Sales Contract; Russian law; Parties from Russia and Germany; place of arbitration: Moscow, Russia (175,000 EUR);
6) ICAC/MKAS at CCI RF; Co-arbitrator appointed by the institution; Claim for contractual penalty; Russian law; Parties from Russia and Hong Kong; place of arbitration: Moscow, Russia (1 million USD).
Yes
Yes
Experience as the tribunal’s secretary / assistant to the president of the tribunal
10 appointments as tribunal secretary
(ICC, VIAC, DIS, ad hoc)
(Distributorship, Sales Contracts, M&A, Joint Venture, Energy)
General arbitration experience
Moscow
Berlin
Munich
Vienna
Frankfurt
Vienna
Russian law
English law
Ukrainian law
German law
CISG
commercial arbitration
investment arbitration
commercial arbitration
CIArb – MCIArb or FCIArb or Chartered Arbitrator
LLM in International Dispute Resolution (University of Dundee, UK)
ICAC/MKAS at CCI RF (Moscow), Russian Arbitration Center (Moscow), Arbitration Centre at RSPP (Moscow), Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers (Minsk, Belarus)
Education, qualifications, awards
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Diploma in International Arbitration, 2017
University of Cologne (Germany), State Exam, 2016, German law, EU law, international law (fully qualified German lawyer)
University of Dundee (UK), LLM, 2001, LLM in International Dispute Resolution
University College London, Erasmus exchange student, 1998, English law, EU law
MBA (Russian Academy of Foreign Trade, June 2021)
Accredited Mediator (London School of Mediation)
▪ Member of the Approved Faculty List of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
▪ Current Member of the Editorial Council, journal “Commercial Arbitration” (published by Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation)
▪ Current member of the Editorial Sub-Committee of the Asian Institute of ADR
▪ Member of the Internal Auditing Committee at the Russian Arbitration Association (RAA): 2013-2017
▪ Member of the Working Group for the translation of 2018 DIS Arbitration Rules into Russian
▪ Coordinator of the Arbitration & Litigation Working Group of the German-Russian Lawyers’ Association (www.drjv.org): 2013-2017
▪ Visiting Lecturer at Goethe University (Frankfurt) and the University of Bonn (2008 - 2016)
▪ Guest lectures: Russian Academy of Foreign Trade (VAVT, Moscow), Higher School of Economics (Moscow), KAZGUU (Kazakhstan)
Preferences as an arbitrator
available
- IBA guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration,
- CCI RF Rules on Impartiliaty and Independence (2010)
no general preference
no general preference
no general preference
no general preference
no general preference
Maximum deference to the right to present the party’s case
5
Rigorous control of the process by the tribunal
Only if it is a legal issue the arbitrators may wish to have submissions on
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
Personal preferences
Football, Ice Hockey, Tennis, Jiu-Jitsu
Travelling, Theatre, Opera, Ballet, Music
Other information
▪ Co-organiser of several conferences on dispute resolution
▪ Frequent speaker in seminars and conferences on international dispute resolution
▪ Member of the Approved Faculty List of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) – approved as tutor for CIArb courses “Introduction to International Arbitration” and “Module 1: Practice, Law and Procedure of International Arbitration”
▪ Memberships: Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), Fellow of the Asian Institute of ADR (FAIADR), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), German Arbitration Institute (DIS), Austrian Arbitration Association (arb | aut), Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
▪ A number of publications on international arbitration and international business law (in Russian, German and English): “Commercial Arbitration, Treteysky sud, GAR, Int. A.L.R., German Arbitration Journal (SchiedsVZ) etc.
