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
IT company
, Germany
Legal Counsel
Journal "Commercial Arbitration"
, Russia
Member of the Editorial Board/Council
Asian Institute of ADR
, Kuala Lumpur
Member of the Editorial Sub-Committee
Harsco Rail Europe
, Germany
Legal Counsel
Germany Trade & Invest
, Germany
Senior Manager
German-Russian Lawyers' Association
, Germany
Member of the Board
Clifford Chance (Moscow), Jones Day (Paris), Hogan Lovells (Düsseldorf), E.ON Ruhrgas (Germany)
, Moscow, Paris, Düsseldorf etc.
Intern
Germany
Experience as arbitrator
Served as arbitrator in more than 10 cases in international arbitrations
ICAC Rules
RAC Rules
Rules of the Arbitration Center at RSPP
ICC Rules
VIAC Rules
DIS Rules
UNCITRAL Rules
Examples of cases
1) ICC Arbitration (Expedited Procedure); co-arbitrator appointed by one of the parties; parties from Russia and Germany; sales agreement; Russian law; place of arbitration: Vienna, Austria;
2) ICC Arbitration (Expedited Procedure); sole arbitrator appointed by ICC; parties from Germany and Bulgaria; distribution agreement; German law; place of arbitration: Paris, France;
3) Ad hoc arbitration, UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules; co-arbitrator appointed by one of the parties; distribution agreement; parties from Russia and Germany; German law; place of arbitration: Vienna, Austria;
4) 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;
5) German Arbitration Institute (DIS); presiding arbitrator appointed by co-arbitrators; sales agreement; German law; parties from Germany and Belarus; German law; place of arbitration: Münster, Germany;
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.
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
Paris
Frankfurt
Vienna
Russian law
English law
Ukrainian law
German law
CISG
commercial arbitration
investment arbitration
commercial arbitration
CIArb – MCIArb or FCIArb or Chartered Arbitrator
ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy
LLM in International Dispute Resolution (University of Dundee, UK)
Swiss Arbitration Academy, RAC Academy for Arbitrators, HKIAC Advanced Arbitrator Training Programme, Certificate Course on Arbitration: Advocacy & Drafting (Indian Institute for Arbitration and Mediation), Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation (Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai, India)
ICAC/MKAS at CCI RF (Moscow), Russian Arbitration Center (Moscow), Arbitration Centre at RSPP (Moscow), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC, Panel of Arbitrators), Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers (Minsk, Belarus), Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC)
Education, qualifications, awards
Higher School of Economics, Professional Diploma, 2024, Laws
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (India), PG Diploma in Arbitration and Mediation, 2023
Russian Foreign Trade Academy, MBA, 2022
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 Foreign Trade Academy)
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
fully electronic
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), Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
▪ 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.
