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As reported on this blog[1], in 2020 the Russian State Duma adopted the Law No. 171-FZ “to protect the right to access to justice of sanctioned parties.” The law presumes that sanctions adversely affect the position of sanctioned Russian individuals and legal entities in foreign court or arbitral proceedings and create the risk that sanctioned parties will not receive the same level of protection as their opponents. Consequently, Law 171-FZ entitles a sanctioned party to…

We are happy to present to you Arbitration in Asia, an arbitration handbook for Russian in-house counsels, co-authored by Jay Patrick R. Santiago, a senior associate in Quisumbing Torres, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie. The publication, a collaboration with KIAP, Attorneys at Law, is written in the Russian language and discusses cultural specifics of arbitration in several Asian jurisdictions, including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. It…

The IV St. Petersburg Online Pre-Moot and FDI E-Conference will take place from October 30-31, 2020. Teams participating in the Pre-Moot will get an opportunity to sharpen their oral presentations and legal arguments before the FDI Globals. If you would like to register as an arbitrator, you could do so via the link. The FDI E-Conference will feature an active discussion on hot questions of international investment law, particularly sustainable development and complex corporate structures,…

RUSSIA Vladimir Khvalei and Irinia Varyushina A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation International arbitration in Russia continues to be governed by Law on International Commercial Arbitration[1]. Certain issues concerning international commercial arbitration such as requirements to arbitral institutions for administering disputes in Russia, resolving corporate disputes, are governed by the Law on Arbitration in Russia (“Law on Domestic Arbitration.”)[2] In March 2019 certain important changes to the Law on Domestic Arbitration, which also apply to…