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29.06.2022
10:00–11:30
Arbitrators: Who Are They? Constitution of Arbitral Tribunals in the Current Reality
Congress Centre, conference hall E11
Broadcast
One of the unconditional advantages of arbitration is the possibility for the disputing parties to choose decision-makers, taking into account their specialization, experience, and interests. At the same time, in today's realities the process of appointing arbitrators can be complicated by a number of factors. Those include the search for qualified professionals, the payment of fees, the need for fair trial guarantees, and the equal rights of both parties in the selection of arbitrators. The roundtable will discuss whether the restrictive measures being introduced today have had a destructive effect on arbitration in Russia and abroad? Or has the procedure for appointing arbitrators remained unchanged due to the special principles of arbitration and the supranational nature of this form of dispute resolution? The experts will also assess the soft ethical norms that currently exist and are being developed to guide arbitrators in exercising their powers in order to avoid violations of the fundamental principles of independence, impartiality, and equal treatment of the parties to a dispute.
Moderator
Mikhail Demin
Head of International Legal Direction of Legal Unit, VEB.RF
Panellists
Daniel Brantes
Vice President, Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (online)
Lev Gershanok
Director of Legal Department, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Alexander Grebelsky
Managing Partner, Grebelsky & Partners; Chairman, Panel for International and Investment Disputes at the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Dmitriy Dyakin
Partner, Co-Head of the Legal Dispute Resolution Practice, Rybalkin, Gortsunyan, Dyakin & Partners (online)
Natalia Zaitseva
Associate Professor, Department of Legal Support of Market Economy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Alexey Kostin
Chairman, The International Commercial Arbitration Court, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Francis Xavier
Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore (online)
Julia Mullina
Executive Administrator, Russian Arbitration Center at the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration"
Kirill Udovichenko
Partner, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners
Broadcast
Mikhail Demin
Head of International Legal Direction of Legal Unit, VEB.RF
Daniel Brantes
Vice President, Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration
Lev Gershanok
Director of Legal Department, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation
Alexander Grebelsky
Managing Partner, Grebelsky & Partners; Chairman, Panel for International and Investment Disputes at the Arbitration Centre at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)
Dmitriy Dyakin
Partner, Co-Head of the Legal Dispute Resolution Practice, Rybalkin, Gortsunyan, Dyakin & Partners
Natalia Zaitseva
Associate Professor, Department of Legal Support of Market Economy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Alexey Kostin
Chairman, The International Commercial Arbitration Court, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
Date of birth: january 24, 1953.
Education:
-Harvard Business School, Diploma in the Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior
-Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Diploma in the Advanced Management Program
-Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), PhD (Law)
-Private International and Civil Law Department, MGIMO, Post-Graduate Course, LL.D.
-International Commercial Law Division, MGIMO, J.D. (equivalent).
Experience:
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Professor, Head of Private International and Civil Law Department, MGIMO
University College of London (Department of Laws); Boalt Hall Law School (University of California); Osgoode Hall Law School (York University, Canada); “How to do business in Russia” (Malaysia); Whake Forest University Law School, etc.
Arbitration:
-Arbitrator – Vice President – President, International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commence and Industry.
-President – Vice President, Arbitration Commission at the Moscow inter-bank Currency Exchange.
-Listed Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court for Settlement of Economic Disputes at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
-Listed Arbitrator at the Vilnius Commercial Arbitration Court, Lithuania.
-Listed Arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Courts of the Moldavian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
-Listed Arbitrator of Local and Regional Commercial Arbitration Courts in various regions of the Russian Federation.
-Listed Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.
-Served on several hundred arbitration panels under different Rules, including ICC, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, LCIA and UNCITRAL.
Publications:
Author and co-author of study books, monographs and articles on domestic and foreign civil and commercial law, comparative law, private international law and legal framework of international trade, international commercial arbitration and Vienna Convention on international sale of goods.
Languages:
English (fluent), Russian (native), Arabic, Lithuanian, French (proficiency in reading and understanding).
Education:
-Harvard Business School, Diploma in the Strategic Management and Organizational Behavior
-Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Diploma in the Advanced Management Program
-Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), PhD (Law)
-Private International and Civil Law Department, MGIMO, Post-Graduate Course, LL.D.
-International Commercial Law Division, MGIMO, J.D. (equivalent).
Experience:
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Professor, Head of Private International and Civil Law Department, MGIMO
University College of London (Department of Laws); Boalt Hall Law School (University of California); Osgoode Hall Law School (York University, Canada); “How to do business in Russia” (Malaysia); Whake Forest University Law School, etc.
Arbitration:
-Arbitrator – Vice President – President, International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commence and Industry.
-President – Vice President, Arbitration Commission at the Moscow inter-bank Currency Exchange.
-Listed Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court for Settlement of Economic Disputes at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.
-Listed Arbitrator at the Vilnius Commercial Arbitration Court, Lithuania.
-Listed Arbitrator of the International Commercial Arbitration Courts of the Moldavian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
-Listed Arbitrator of Local and Regional Commercial Arbitration Courts in various regions of the Russian Federation.
-Listed Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court at the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce.
-Served on several hundred arbitration panels under different Rules, including ICC, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, LCIA and UNCITRAL.
Publications:
Author and co-author of study books, monographs and articles on domestic and foreign civil and commercial law, comparative law, private international law and legal framework of international trade, international commercial arbitration and Vienna Convention on international sale of goods.
Languages:
English (fluent), Russian (native), Arabic, Lithuanian, French (proficiency in reading and understanding).
Francis Xavier
Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore
Julia Mullina
Executive Administrator, Russian Arbitration Center at the Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization "Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration"
Kirill Udovichenko
Partner, Monastyrsky, Zyuba, Stepanov & Partners
Kirill graduated from Moscow Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 2008.
He began his legal practice with MZS in 2007 and became partner in 2015.
Kirill is on the "Leading Individuals" in Restructuring and Insolvency (Russia) list according to The Legal500 guide.
Kirill is a member of the Moscow Bar.
Throughout his career Kirill has developed a remarkable track record in dispute resolution cases dealing primarily with cross-border dispute resolution (often involving bankruptcy proceedings) and international commercial arbitration. He also acts for key creditors in a number of major Russian bankruptcy proceedings, advancing claims for hundreds of USD mln.
Lately Kirill’s work has also focused on investment arbitration in which he acts as lead counsel on several cases.
Kirill’s most recent experience includes advice to:
• An investor in a $ 1 bln plus investment dispute with a CIS state
• O1 Group in a complex cross-border $ 500 mln plus dispute with Otkritie Bank involving over 20 litigation, arbitration and bankruptcy proceedings in Russia, England and Cyprus
• VEB.RF in connection to a number of proceedings initiated against their Cypriot subsidiaries with the aggregate amount at stake exceeding $ 110 million.
Kirill’s other significant clients include The Boeing Company, Globaltrans PLC, Volvo and others.
He began his legal practice with MZS in 2007 and became partner in 2015.
Kirill is on the "Leading Individuals" in Restructuring and Insolvency (Russia) list according to The Legal500 guide.
Kirill is a member of the Moscow Bar.
Throughout his career Kirill has developed a remarkable track record in dispute resolution cases dealing primarily with cross-border dispute resolution (often involving bankruptcy proceedings) and international commercial arbitration. He also acts for key creditors in a number of major Russian bankruptcy proceedings, advancing claims for hundreds of USD mln.
Lately Kirill’s work has also focused on investment arbitration in which he acts as lead counsel on several cases.
Kirill’s most recent experience includes advice to:
• An investor in a $ 1 bln plus investment dispute with a CIS state
• O1 Group in a complex cross-border $ 500 mln plus dispute with Otkritie Bank involving over 20 litigation, arbitration and bankruptcy proceedings in Russia, England and Cyprus
• VEB.RF in connection to a number of proceedings initiated against their Cypriot subsidiaries with the aggregate amount at stake exceeding $ 110 million.
Kirill’s other significant clients include The Boeing Company, Globaltrans PLC, Volvo and others.