Know-how

Presentations

• “Insolvency and Investment Treaty Arbitration”, 2020: FIRE Russia, FSU & CEE Virtual
• “The Impact of COVID-19 on Contracts”, 2020: Bishkek Arbitration Days, Kyrgyzstan
• “Arbitration Practitioners Coffee Debate”, 2020: Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry , Ukraine
• “Arbitral Claims by State Entities”, 2020: Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration, Russia
• “The future of arbitration and litigation in light of disruptive technology”, 2020: LegalTech London, UK
• “Toxic Technology”, 2019: GIAC Arbitration Days, Georgia
• “Attempts to Enforce Energy Awards Against the Russian Federation”, 2019: 6th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference On International Energy Arbitration, USA
• “Due Process and Bifurcation under the proposed ICSID Rule Amendments”, 2019: Nordic Arbitration Day, Sweden
• “The ICSID Secretariat’s Proposals for Rule Amendments” (moderator), 2018: Young ITA, UK
• “Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Insolvency Context”, 2018: Grant Thornton / Russian and CIS Arbitration Network, UK
• “Corruption and Investment Treaty Arbitration in the Extractives Industry”, 2018: Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) / UCL Laws / UCL Centre for Ethics and Law, UK
• “Update on Arbitration Developments in the UK and Asia”, 2018: 30th Annual ITA Workshop And Annual Meeting, USA
• “Mock Procedural Hearing under CPR Rules for Administered Arbitration of International Disputes” (counsel), 2018: Y-ADR CPR, UK
• “Oil/Gas Arbitration Involving States and State Entities: Selected Procedural and Substantive Issues” (moderator and speaker), 2018: Young ITA, UK
• “Drafting effective international arbitration clauses”, 2018: English Law Summit, Kazakhstan
• “Investment Arbitration in the Oil & Gas Sector”, 2018: ELSA International Conference on Energy Law, UK
• “International Arbitration and Corporate Social Responsibility: Current Issues and Future Innovations”, 2018: ICC YAF, France
• “How to Effectively Use Evidence in International Arbitration Proceedings” (moderator), 2017: Young ICCA, Russia
• Presentation to the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan on “Investment treaty law and practice”, 2017: American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative, Kazakhstan
• “The Importance of Understanding In-House Counsel, featuring Richard Hill (General Counsel, Global Litigation, Shell)” (moderator/host), 2017: CPR Y-ADR, UK
• “Investor Protection in Construction Disputes”, 2017: IBA ECA (Europe Caucasus-Asia) Forum, UK
• “Tax Disputes and Investor Protection”, 2017: 6th IEL-IBA SEERIL International Oil and Gas Law Conference (Institute for Energy Law and the International Bar Association’s Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law), UK
• “Document Production in International Arbitration”, 2017: LCIA (YIAG), Russia
• “The call for specialised arbitrators, fora and procedures in energy arbitration” (moderator), 2017: ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration, USA
• Training (5 day) to Turkmenistan Oil/Gas Industry on various topics, including international arbitration, 2016: Turkmenistan
• “The Brčko Arbitration: Exploring the State/Non-State Boundary”, 2016: Conference of the International Law Association (British Branch), UK
• “The role of Amici Curiae in International Arbitration”, 2015: GIAC Arbitration Days, Georgia

Articles

• “A Boom in Boutique Disputes Firms: Why it is the Ideal Time to Go Solo”, Law.com, 2021
• “On the applicability of the Stati case to Kazakhstani business”, Forbes Kazakhstan, 2021 (in Russian)
• “The Energy Charter Treaty supports investment in renewables”, EURACTIV, 2021
• “What do arbitrators know? A commentary on Halliburton v Chubb”, Litigation Futures, 2021
• “Article 26 – Expert appointed by arbitral tribunal” (with Karim Mariey) in UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary (ed. Ilias Bantekas), Cambridge University Press, 2020
• “The Brčko Arbitration: A Process for Lasting Peace between Non-State Actors” in Non-State Actors and International Obligations: Creation, Evolution and Enforcement (ed. James Summers), Nijhoff Brill, 2018
• “Mitigating investment risk – treaty planning and damages claims against state entities” (with Dipen Sabharwal), Financier Worldwide, 2018
• “The English courts’ discretion on foreign policy issues post-Brexit”, Commercial Dispute Resolution (with Ed Attenborough), 2017
• “Would World Duty Free v Kenya be decided differently today?”, Global Arbitration Review, 2016
• “Arbitrator’s award of third party funding costs upheld by High Court” (with Robert Wheal and Luiz Aboim), White & Case Alert, 2016
• “Retention And Advancement Of Women In The Law Firm Environment” (with Janam Nagra), The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, News & Notes, 2016
• “Award” (Chapter 9, with Professor Martin Hunter) in Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration (Sixth Edition), Nigel Blackaby, Constantine Partasides, et al., Oxford University Press, 2015
• “Does The ‘Culture’ Of International Arbitration Serve Its Users?”, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2015