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 “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