Demidova Veronika Olegovna

DLA Piper, Denuo

veronika.demidova@denuo.legal

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General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - sufficiently fluent in order to handle proceedings and render an award

Career

2009 - 2025

DLA Piper, Denuo , Moscow

Legal Director

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

A dispute between two Russian legal entities under a lease agreement, place of arbitration - Moscow, RAC Rules, Russian law, the sole arbitrator, was appointed by the Board.

Sat as sole arbitrator:

Yes

Sat as chair:

Experience as counsel

Acted as counsel more than 15 years in domestic and international arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

ICAC Rules

SCC Rules

HKIAC Rules

Examples of cases

1. Represented a German supplier of equipment, ICAC Rules, supply contract, approx. EUR 1,5 mln. 2. Represented a Chinese metallurgic company, ICAC Rules, supply contract, approx. USD 43 mln. 3. 2 cases Gazprom vs. Naftogaz (part of international team), SCC Rules, transit and sale of natural gas, total amount over USD 60 billion. 4. Foreign insurer against Russian company, SCC Rules, insurance payment, amount is fully confidential. 5. Russian citizen against a foreign company, HKIAC Rules, dispute under SPA, approx. USD 2,5 mln.

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

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as arbitrator in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

Stockholm

Hong Kong

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

Russian law

English law

German law

Swedish law

Has been involved as arbitrator in:

commercial arbitration

Has been involved as counsel in:

commercial arbitration

Mediation:

Has been involved in mediation as Mediator

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

CIArb – MCIArb or FCIArb or Chartered Arbitrator

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

Moscow Academy of Enterprise under the Moscow Government, specialist, Honors: with honors, 2004

Additional education qualifications:

Mediator of business conflicts

Awards and ratings:

Pravo 300: Arbitration proceedings: commercial disputes (high market)

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

Member of the Commission for the development of arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution methods of the Moscow branch of the Association of Russian Lawyers; lecturer of the course " Mediation Specialist (mediator)"; lecturer of the discipline "Business mediation" at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

Preferences as an arbitrator

Pre-appointment interview

available

Conflicts of interest: scope of disclosure

IBA guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration

Written submissions style

no general preference

Production of documents (general approach):

no general preference

Written submissions and bundles:

no general preference

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

If it is a legal issue or an important factual issue

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

Other information

Co-author of an article - Current Status of Arbitration Involving Russian Companies in Russia and Abroad after the Russian Arbitration Reform, "Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business", 2020 Author of more than 20 articles on the website Solismediation.ru