Kovrigin Gleb

LEVEL Legal Services LLC

gleb.kovrigin.i@gmail.com

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General information

Citizenship:

Russian Federation

City:

Moscow

Languages:

Russian - fluent

English - fluent

Career

2022 - 2025

LEVEL Legal Services LLC , Moscow

Senior Associate

2016 - 2022

Hogan Lovells (CIS) , Moscow

Associate

2013 - 2016

Hogan Lovells (CIS) , Moscow

Intern

Qualified to practice law in:

Russia

Experience as counsel

Acted as counsel for 5-10 years in international arbitrations

Arbitration Rules:

ICAC Rules

RAC Rules

LCIA Rules

ICC Rules

SIAC Rules

UNCITRAL Rules

Examples of cases

(1) representing an international investment group in relation to an approx. USD 200 million claim against the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in connection with the expropriation of their investment in the ad hoc investmentment arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules (2) representing one of the major Russian manufacturing companies (confidential) in 3 ICC arbitrations with its suppliers in connection with failure of the latter to perform its contractual obligations with the references to the sanctions with the total amount of claim around EUR 15 million (3) representing one of the major transnational manufacturing companies (confidential) in 3 ICAC arbitrations with its suppliers in connection with payments under the supply agreements with the total amount of claim around EUR 56,5 million (4) advising one of a major Russian oil company on the potential dispute (arbitration under LCIA Rules) under the English law governed supply contract (5) advising a major shipbuilding company (confidential) on a dispute with a foreign counterparty (subject to the arbitration under the SIAC Rules) due to failure of the later to perform its obligations under 15 shipbuilding contracts with a reference to the imposed sanctions (the total value of contracts is around USD 4,5 billion) (6) advising one of the largest development companies in the Russian Federation on the performance of a settlement agreement concluded as a result of LCIA arbitration proceedings between a large development company (in which the client planned to invest) as part of the settlement of the latter's dispute with its counterparty in the Middle East, including in connection with applicable Russian counter-sanctions restrictions (the value of the settlement is around RUB 1 billion)

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

Law expert

General arbitration experience

Has been involved as counsel in arbitration seated in:

Moscow

London

Geneva and/or Zurich

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

Russian law

English law

Swiss law

Law of the Kyrgyz Republic

Has been involved as counsel in:

investment arbitration

commercial arbitration

сonstruction arbitrations

Arbitration specific trainings/qualifications:

Education, qualifications, awards

Professional education:

Kutafin Moscow State Law University, Lawyer (specialist), Honors: With honors, 2015, Additional professional education - legal interpreter

Awards and ratings:

Pravo300 Kommersant

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

Co-chair of RAA40

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

memorial

Production of documents (general approach):

broad disclosure

Written submissions and bundles:

printed submission and electronic exhibits

Allocation of time during an oral hearing:

Bockstiegel method (allocating an equal amount of time to each party with their freedom to use it as they wish between opening, examinations and closing)

Using PowerPoint in oral presentations:

Yes

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

Other information

Commentaries on various legal issues https://pravo.ru/story/242149/; https://rapsinews.ru/human_rights_protection_publication/20220916/308279651.html; https://www.vedomosti.ru/economics/articles/2022/07/11/930869-minfin-dopustil-barter; https://cre.ru/news/88054; https://pravo.ru/story/246970/