Author Archive: Dmitry Davydenko

Dr Davydenko is a co-editor of the CIS Arbitration Forum. He is an associate professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Department of Private International and Civil Law, and at Higher School of Economics.
Dmitry Davydenko has experience as an arbitrator in the ICC and other arbitral proceedings and is listed as a recommended arbitrator of HKIAC, International Commercial Arbitration Court and Maritime Arbitration Commission at Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as of other reputed arbitral institutions.

Included in the list of best practitioners in arbitration in Russia as of the years 2017 through 2021 (a Global leader for 2022) by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review (GAR).
He also acts as a Russian law expert on various matters related to international commerce.

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Inmaris Perestroika v. Ukraine

Inmaris Perestroika v. Ukraine

Inmaris Perestroika Sailing Maritime Services GMBH and others v Ukraine, ISCID Arbitration (No. ARB:08:8), Decision on Jurisdiction dated 8 March 2010

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Alpha v. Ukraine

Alpha v. Ukraine

Alpha Projektholding GMBH v Ukraine, ICSID Arbitration (No. ARB:07:16), Award dated 20 October 2010

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Al-Bahloul v. Republic of Tajikistan

Al-Bahloul v. Republic of Tajikistan

Mohammad Ammar Al. Bahloul v. Republic of Tajikistan, SCC ArtliIralion No V (060II200l), Award dated 8 June 2010

DigiTelCom v. Tele 2 Sverige AB

DigiTelCom v. Tele 2 Sverige AB

DigiTelCom v. Tele 2 Sverige AB, ICDR Arbitration(No 50 494T0030909), Award dated 26 September 2011

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Baltic Arbitration Days Will Take Place in Riga this June

Baltic Arbitration Days Will Take Place in Riga this June

Baltic Arbitration Day will take place on 13–14 June 2013 at Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia. At this annual conference DIS Baltikum (Baltic Regional Group of German Institution of Arbitration) is the main host of the conference and CIS Arbitration Forum is its information sponsor. The main conference topic is Arbitration in Corporate and Finance […]

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Russian Arbitration Day Will Take Place in June 2013

Russian Arbitration Day Will Take Place in June 2013

Russian Arbitration Day will take place on 20 June 2013 at the Congress Centre of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Moscow. CIS Arbitration Forum is an information sponsor of the event. This conference is different from others for the following reasons.   First, participation in the conference is free of charge. This policy is aimed at attracting delegates from […]

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Conference in Moscow Will Mark 80th Anniversary of the ICAC

Conference in Moscow Will Mark 80th Anniversary of the ICAC

On 30 November 2012 the Congress Center of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host an international conference “International Commercial Arbitration in Russia and Worldwide: Trends of Development and Modern Practice”. The conference is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (the “ICAC“). CIS […]

Court of Eurasian Economic Community Renders Its First Judgment

Court of Eurasian Economic Community Renders Its First Judgment

The task to create in the former USSR an international body comparable to the Court of the European Union is challenging. But this has already started to take shape: such a body not only exists, but it has already heard and resolved its first case, which was initiated by a Russian company. The Eurasian Economic Community (“EurAsEC”) currently includes […]

International Conference “Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution” – Moscow, December 2012

International Conference “Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution” – Moscow, December 2012

On 7 December 2012 the Russian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce – the World Business Organization (ICC Russia) in cooperation with the ICC International Court of Arbitration will organise an annual arbitration conference  “Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution”.  CIS Arbitration Forum is the event’s information sponsor and is an information partner of […]

Experts Encouraged to Take Advantage of Russia’s Accession to the WTO

Experts Encouraged to Take Advantage of Russia’s Accession to the WTO

An international conference “Russia in the World Trade Organization: New Tools to Protect Business” took place at the World Trade Centre in Moscow on October 24, 2012. The conference was held by ICC Russia  and law firm Muranov Chernyakov & Partners. Russia acceded to the WTO on August 22, 2012. The accession was preceded by the relevant decree of the […]

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Powers of Attorney Regarding Future Disputes in Russia

Powers of Attorney Regarding Future Disputes in Russia

The Presidium of the Russian Supreme Commercial Court has clarified its position on the authority to conclude arbitration agreements. The general counsel of a company branch concluded a contract with an arbitration agreement under a power of attorney authorising him to represent the company at court and in particular to settle disputes or to refer […]

Arbitral Tribunals Can Approve “Post-Award” Amicable Agreement

Arbitral Tribunals Can Approve “Post-Award” Amicable Agreement

A settlement agreement can be concluded even after the arbitral tribunal has rendered an award in the case, and such an agreement can be approved by the same arbitral tribunal as a consent award.  The Russian Supreme Commercial Court (the “SCC”) Presidium reached this conclusion on June 7, 2012. The circumstances of the case were as […]

New Competition on ICC Lex Mercatoria Will Launch in Belarus in November
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New Competition on ICC Lex Mercatoria Will Launch in Belarus in November

An International Student Competition on International Trade Law and International Commercial Arbitration will take place in Minsk, Belarus on 23-26 November 2012. Students from 20 major universities of the CIS and Baltic States are invited to participate in the Competition on International Trade Law and International Commercial Arbitration – ICC Lex Mercatoria.online pharmacy https://imed.isid.org/wp-content/languages/themes/po/amoxicillin.html no […]

Seminar in October: Dispute Resolution Traditions and Realities in Russia and CIS Countries
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Seminar in October: Dispute Resolution Traditions and Realities in Russia and CIS Countries

New York – 5 October 2012 – ICDR Y&I, in cooperation with the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, is inviting you to take part in a lively discussion at the ICDR Y&I Seminar for Young Practitioners “Dispute Resolution Traditions and Realities in Russia and CIS Countries:  Some Tips for Litigation and Arbitration with CIS […]

Berezovsky v Abramovich: It’s All About Trustworthiness

Berezovsky v Abramovich: It’s All About Trustworthiness

On the last day of summer in 2012 the High Court of Justice in England closed the last chapter on the Berezovsky v Abramovich case. It dismissed both claims of the former Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky had claimed a sum of in excess of 5.6 billion USD as compensation for unprofitable transactions. He alleged that at […]

ICDR Y&I Seminar on International Arbitration and Mediation – 20 September 2012

ICDR Y&I Seminar on International Arbitration and Mediation – 20 September 2012

ICDR Young and International announced its fourth annual event in Russia:  ICDR Y&I Seminar for Young Practitioners – “Two Rapid-Fire Discussions on International Arbitration and Mediation”. CIS Arbitration Forum is a media sponsor of the event. The event is organized in cooperation with the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of […]

Arbitration in Russia Needs Even More Quality and Integrity

Arbitration in Russia Needs Even More Quality and Integrity

As we reported back in May 2011 the Russian Constitutional Court has confirmed that disputes relating to the transfer of title to immovable property are arbitrable, as well as other disputes of an essentially private law nature. The decree rendered by the Constitutional Court resulted from a July 2010 request of the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Commercial Court […]

Moscow as International Financial Centre: Final Report of UK-Russia Liaison Group

Moscow as International Financial Centre: Final Report of UK-Russia Liaison Group

The Moscow International Financial Centre (the “MIFC”) initiative has selected Alternative Dispute Resolution in Russia as one of its key themes. In June 2012 the ADR Workstream of the UK-Russia Liaison Group on Moscow as an International Financial Centre prepared its Final Report (the “Report”) concerning ways in which to improve ADR mechanisms in Russia. The […]

Russian Supreme Commercial Court on the “Lack of Authority” To Conclude Arbitration Agreement

Russian Supreme Commercial Court on the “Lack of Authority” To Conclude Arbitration Agreement

A recent case handed down by the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation (the “SCC”) marks a further step by it towards the favouring of arbitration in Russia.  The SCC confirmed that notifying a branch of the opposing party in arbitral proceedings is sufficient for the purposes of satisfying the due notice requirement. Also, […]

New Developments at the Russian Maritime Arbitration Commission

New Developments at the Russian Maritime Arbitration Commission

At the end of December 2011 a number of aspects concerning the functioning of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (MAC) changed. In particular, a new list of MAC arbitrators was approved and the MAC Rules were amended. In addition, the procedure for the election of […]

An Arbitral Award Set Aside “At Home” and then Recognised in Russia

An Arbitral Award Set Aside “At Home” and then Recognised in Russia

It happens that even if arbitral awards were set aside in jurisdiction where they were rendered they are still enforced in other jurisdictions. The Pakistan v. Dallah case where French court refused to set aside an award which the UK Supreme Court rendered unenforceable. In Hilmarton and Putrabali cases French courts recognized and enforced an arbitral […]

Amendments to the Russian Law “On International Commercial Arbitration” introduced in the Duma
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Amendments to the Russian Law “On International Commercial Arbitration” introduced in the Duma

Major amendments will be introduced to the Federal Law “On International Commercial Arbitration” in the immediate future. A bill proposed before the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament is intended to make Russian legislation on international commercial arbitration conform with the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, as amended by the U.N. Commission on International […]

Russian Stock Exchange Disputes Found an Exception to Non-enforceability of Abitration by Contracts of Adhesion

Russian Stock Exchange Disputes Found an Exception to Non-enforceability of Abitration by Contracts of Adhesion

The case illustrates a pro-arbitration approach of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as “SCC”) in their interpretation of arbitration clauses. OJSC “Kuznetskbusinessbank” (hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”) applied to the Arbitrazh Court of Saint-Petersburg and Leningradskaya Region for a writ of execution to enforce an award to recover […]

LCIA Symposium on International Commercial Arbitration in Moscow

LCIA Symposium on International Commercial Arbitration in Moscow

LCIA will be hosting a symposium on International Commercial Arbitration on 26 to 27 May 2011 in Moscow. International arbitration practitioners will give brief presentations on some of the most important problems, critical to establishing and maintaining an arbitration-friendly environment, in which the international business community may have confidence. The symposium participants include: Professor Boris […]

A Pro-Arbitration Stance of the Russian Supreme Commercial Court

A Pro-Arbitration Stance of the Russian Supreme Commercial Court

The Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation (“the SCC”) demonstrated over the last years a general trend of SCC to interpret law in a pro-arbitration light so that to avoid formalistic and unwisely restrictive approach to applying the law. Below is just one example of such pro-arbitral approach of SCC. This case also illustrates […]

Immovable Property Disputes – Non-Arbitrable in Russia?

Immovable Property Disputes – Non-Arbitrable in Russia?

The Presidium of the Russian Supreme Commercial (arbitrazh) Court filed a request in the Constitutional Court to evaluate the constitutionality of a several provisions of the Russian Law “On International Commercial Arbitration” and the Federal Law “On Arbitration Tribunals in the Russian Federation”. In particular, provisions of these laws related to arbitrability of disputes related […]

Is it a Long Way for Ukraine to Become Arbitration-Friendly?

Is it a Long Way for Ukraine to Become Arbitration-Friendly?

A somewhat bizarre court decision has recently been taken in Ukraine which may affect businesses’ perception about Ukraine being an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction. On 20 January 2010, a Ukrainian company Signus filed a lawsuit against Austrian Slav Handel and others (hereinafter “Signus v. Slav Handel”). Signus sought sought in the Kiev Economic Court invalidation of certain […]

Russian Government Adopts Model Mediation Training Program

Russian Government Adopts Model Mediation Training Program

The new Russian Law on Mediation which entered into force in January 2011 imposes special requirements on those who want to become professional mediators. In order to become a professional mediator apart from having a university degree, it is necessary to pass a special mediation training according to a program approved as established by the […]

Towards Non-arbitrability of Consumer Disputes in Ukraine

Towards Non-arbitrability of Consumer Disputes in Ukraine

On 3 February 2010 a new bill related to arbitration was introduced to the Ukrainian parliament – Verkhovna Rada. The proposed amendments change Article 6 of the Law on Arbitration Courts which governs competence of arbitration tribunals. It purports to exclude consumer disputes from jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals, thus making such disputes non-arbitrable in Ukraine. […]

Award Based on a Void Bylaw Found Unenforceable

Award Based on a Void Bylaw Found Unenforceable

The Supreme Arbitrazh Court of Russia in the Decree No. 10848/10 dated 14.12.2010 refused recognition and enforcement of an arbitral award on the ground of contrariety to the Russian public policy. The Court upheld the reasoning of the lower instances stating that the arbitral award violated the fundamental principles of the Russian law. Arbitration court […]

The New Russian Mediation Law in Action

The New Russian Mediation Law in Action

In January 2011 the very first settlement agreement reached by means of mediation in accordance with the new Federal Law on Mediation having which became effective on January 1, 2011. The preliminary court hearing in proceedings chaired by judge Sorokina of the Arbitrazh Court of the Omsk region was broadcast via videoconferencing system from the Russian Supreme […]

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