Izotkina Ellina Vladimirovna

LEVEL Legal Services

ellina.izotkina@gmail.com

General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - fluent

Career

2023 - 2025

LEVEL Legal Services , Moscow

Senior Associate

2020 - 2023

Zhong Lun Law Firm , Hong Kong

Internship

2023 - 2023

Lidings Law Offices , Moscow

Senior Associate

2019 - 2020

Eversheds Sutherland , Moscow

Associate

2016 - 2019

Deloitte CIS , Moscow

Senior Consultant

Qualified to practice law in:

Russia

Experience as arbitrator

Served as arbitrator in 1-3 cases in domestic arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

RAC Rules

Examples of cases

Acted as a sole arbitrator in construction and commercial cases. Publicly avalable award in RAC case No PD3679-24.

Sat as sole arbitrator:

Yes

Sat as chair:

Experience as counsel

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

Arbitration Rules:

ICAC Rules

LCIA Rules

ICC Rules

SCC Rules

HKIAC Rules

UNCITRAL Rules

Examples of cases

Confidential

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

quantum (damages) experts

experts in applicable law, experts in economics, industry-specific experts (e.g. oil & gas)

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as arbitrator in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

London

Stockholm

Geneva and/or Zurich

Dubai

Has been involved as tribunal’s secretary in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

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

Russian law

English law

German law

Swedish law

Swiss law

DIFC law, UAE law, Hungarian law, Norwegian law, etc.

Has been involved as arbitrator in:

commercial arbitration

Has been involved as counsel in:

commodity arbitrations

maritime arbitrations

сonstruction arbitrations

commercial arbitration

investment arbitration

Has been involved as tribunal’s secretary in:

commercial arbitration

Mediation:

Has been involved in mediation as As a party representative

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

CIArb – MCIArb or FCIArb or Chartered Arbitrator

LL.M. at the University of Hong Kong in Arbitration and ADR

Mediation Course in Hong Kong (2023), Arbitration Award Writing CIArb (2023)

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Specialist, 2023

The University of Hong Kong, Master of Laws, 2015

Awards and ratings:

Recommended lawyer in Pravo-300 for International Arbitration, International Dispute Resolution, Sanctions Advisory, Energy and Resources (since 2023)

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

Authorized to practice in the DIFC Courts (under Part I) Advocate at Moscow Bar Association Co-Chair of Young Institute of Modern Arbitration and Head of Arbitration in Asia Committee (2024-2026) Lecturer at Summer Academy on Arbitration by the Russian Arbitration Centre

Preferences as an arbitrator

Pre-appointment interview

available

Written submissions style

memorial

Production of documents (general approach):

IBA Rules

Written submissions and bundles:

no general preference

Allocation of time during an oral hearing:

it is up to parties to decide

Using PowerPoint in oral presentations:

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

It is only for parties to decide and arbitrators should focus on resolution of the dispute