International Arbitration
What we can do for you:
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Acting in international arbitration with International Commercial Arbitration Court (MKAS) under the RF Trade and Industry Chamber and other domestic arbitral institutes
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International arbitration administered by foreign tribunals (ICC, HKIAC, LCIA, DIS, ASA, Vienna, Stockholm, Singapore, etc.) and ad hoc arbitration with and without institutional support (under UNCITRAL Rules, etc.)
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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), mediation, settlement, dispute boards
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Arbitration agreements, hybrid, multi-tiered and carve-out dispute resolution clauses
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Assistance in choice, interviewing and challenge of arbitrators, witness examination and witness written statements, expert appointment, document production
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Construction arbitration
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Corporate, post-M&A and joint venture arbitration
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Investor-state arbitration
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Interim injunctions and anti-suit measures
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Execution and challenging of foreign and domestic judgements and arbitral awards
The key Russian arbitration laws:
Last arbitration disputes, in which we have acted for the client, include, inter alia:
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Acting for an international construction company with regard to payment of construction works and recovery of damages (EUR 180 mln. value of claim) for an African railway construction project, incl. efficient challenge of an arbitrator and one of the first consolidations of several MKAS proceedings before International Commercial Arbitration Court (MKAS) under the RF Trade and Industry Chamber.
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Successful acting for a German distribution company before MKAS for recovery of damages incurred due to contamination of German natural reserved area by defective service road elements, including cross-examination of fact witnesses (February of 2022).
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Acting for an Italian power engineering company (EUR 10 mln. cost of claim) in a dispute against the Russian energy company regarding recovery of engineering cost and recourse claims under bank guarantee (2022).
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Acting for an international construction company with regard to advance payment recovery for an African construction project, incl. a non-competence plea based on a no claims clause set out by a UN Security Council resolution and a successful challenge of an arbitrator.
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Acting for an Italian company (EUR 20 mln. amount in dispute) in MKAS arbitration against the Russian insurance company related to recourse claim.
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Acting in international arbitration dispute for a Kenyan engineering company with regard to payment of engineering works and recovery of damages (EUR 70 mln. claim) for an African construction project.
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Acting for a German distributor in an arbitration before MKAS with regard to recovery of damages due to defective goods, including filing of expert and fact witness reports and their cross examination.
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Acting for a German machinery construction plant in an enforcement of award of the Court of Arbitration of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce with regard to recovery of advance payment before the Russian state commercial courts, obtaining of EUR 1 mln. execution writ.
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Acting for another German distributor in a MKAS arbitration with regard to recovery of purchase price for agricultural machinery.
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Acting in international arbitration dispute for a Turkish construction company with regard to payment of construction works and recovery of damages (EUR 60 mln. claim) for an African construction project, incl. challenge of an arbitrator and non-competence plea due to bankruptcy in Turkey.
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Acting for a German engineering company in EUR 5.4 mln. MKAS arbitration, incl. challenge of an arbitrator.
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Advising a Dutch insolvent publishing house on issues of arbitration before MKAS.
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Acting for a German pharmaceutical company in three successful arbitrations with regard to delivery of goods before the Arbitration Court of the Industry and Trade Chamber of the City of Moscow.
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Serving as Russian law expert witness on issues of Russian statute of limitations in a commercial arbitration dispute in Hamburg, Germany (in 2017).
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Preparation of detailed report for a Philippine company in relation to obtaining of testimony from a Moscow-based international organization for a foreign court dispute with regard to a debt from consortium credit.
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Serving as arbitrator in MKAS international commercial arbitration dispute with regard to delivery and engineering service.
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Serving as tribunal secretary in MKAS commercial arbitrations connected with international sale of goods.
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Advising a foreign construction company on issues of investment treaty arbitration against a state before Arbitration Court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.
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Acting for a German trade company in a commercial arbitration regarding payment of the delivered rolled steel products in MKAS.
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Acting for an Italian supplier in another commercial arbitration in MKAS.
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Successful settlement of a pre-arbitration dispute with a Dutch architect company under FIDIC White Book 2006.
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Acting for a Latvian commercial seaport in an arbitration with MKAS and in criminal proceedings before Moscow public prosecution service with regard to falsification of a loan agreement.
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Acting as a procedural lawyer for the major German chemical manufacturer in enforcement of the Vienna arbitration awards in Krasnodar and Stavropol ordinary state courts.
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Acting for a German machinery plant in enforcement of the Stockholm arbitration award in Moscow.
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Acting for a German trade company in enforcement of the Duesseldorf arbitration award in Moscow.
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Advising a metallurgical plant on settlement of disputes against the Polish insurance agency in International Commercial Chamber arbitration, Paris.
Rustem Karimullin has served as arbitrator and tribunal secretary in commercial arbitration disputes before the International Commercial Arbitration Court under the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICAC/MKAS). As an experienced trial litigator, Rustem Karimullin, MCIArb (London branch) concentrates on international commercial, construction, corporate and other complex arbitrations in Russia and abroad. For instance, recently he is acting for some international companies in ICAC (MKAS) arbitration cases. Rustem has learnt from the best with training from New York University (NYU) Law School (LL.M. course), CIArb, Paris Arbitration Academy, College of Law of England and Wales, The Hague, Washington D.C., Duesseldorf and other arbitration specialized courses. Also, he is engaged as an arbitrator in foreign arbitration tribunals, including Vienna International Arbitration Centre, Austria (VIAC), an arbitrator at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Russian law expert witness in foreign arbitrations (e.g., in Hamburg). Rustem has held presentations on the new 2015 Russian Arbitration Acts, inter alia before DIS Secretariat in Cologne, HKIAC Secretariat in Hong Kong, one-day practice seminars for legal practioners in Germany and Austria, acted as an arbitrator in moots, such as the 2017 Vienna VIS Moot, accomplished arbitration practice internships at HKIAC in Hong Kong and DIS Secretariat in Cologne, published articles and posts on issues of international arbitration in English, German and Russian. Also, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the famous Russian specialist journals International Commercial Arbitration Review and Commercial Arbitration.
Please see:
Rustem Karimullin, Heads or Tails: Game under U.S.-American ICDR baseball arbitration rules, accompanied by the author’s first Russian translation of 2015 International Center of Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Supplementary Final Offer Rules // Commercial Arbitration, 2019, No. 2, p. 111-119.
