Dr. Galina Zukova

International Arbitration   |   Dispute Resolution   |   International Contracts

Bar admission:

Paris Bar (2012) (under the European Convention)
Latvia (2010)

Arbitration institutes:

  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (as of 2023)
  • Armenian International Arbitration Centre, Council Member (as of 2023; previously Member of the Steering Committee, 2022 – 2023)

 

          Past

  • ICC International Court of Arbitration, Member (July 2017-June 2024)
  • Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI), Board Member (2016-2022)
  • Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC), Vice-Chair of the Arbitration Council (2020-2024); Member of the Arbitration Council (2017 – 2020)

Panels of arbitrators:

  • ISCID List of Arbitrators (as of 2026)
  • included in the European Commission’s (#DGTrade) List of Candidates Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators in EU trade and investment agreements with third states (June 2022), https://policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/news/stepping-trade-agreements-enforcement-european-commission-publishes-pool-individuals-eligible-2022-06-23_en
  • Austria: Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC)
  • Belarus: International Arbitrational Court “Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers” (http://arbchamber.com/)
  • China: Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA)
  • Egypt: Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
  • Georgia: Georgian International Arbitration Centre (GIAC)
  • Hong Kong: HKIAC (Panel of Arbitrators, 2022-2027) and eBRAM (Electronic Business Related Arbitration and Mediation)
  • Kazakhstan: AIFC Court; Arbitration Centre of the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs
    Atameken
  • Kyrgyzstan: International Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic
  • Latvia: Arbitration Court at the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Lithuania: Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration
  • Peru: Corte de Arbitraje de AmCham Perú and Centro de Arbitraje de e la Cámara de Comercio de Lima
  • Romania: Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (Curtea de Arbitraj Comercial Internaţional)
  • Scotland: Scottish Arbitration Centre
  • Singapore: SIAC Panel of Arbitrators (as of 2026)
  • UAE: Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) (as of 2026)
  • Ukraine: International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Uzbekistan: Tashkent International Arbitration Centre (TIAC)

Associations/societies:

  • International Bar Association (incl. Arbitration Committee)
    • November 2025-present: Scholarship Officer at the IBA Arbitration Committee
    • 2025-2026: Co-chair of the IBA Task Force on the Revision of the IBA 2016 Report on the Reception of the IBA Arbitration Soft Law Products
    • 2023-2024: Member of Task Force for the Revision IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (Chair of Subgroup “Arbitrator Disclosures”)
    • 2025-2026: Co-Chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee Task Force for the Revision of the 2016 Report on the Reception of the IBA Arbitration Soft Law Products
  • ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (in the past – Member of the Task Forces on Arbitration and ADR and on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings)
  • ICC Institute of World Business Law (as of 2021 – Council Member)
  • ArbCEE (Arbitration Association for Central and Eastern Europe, Founding Member and past Board Member (2023-2026))
  • ICCA International Council for Commercial Arbitration
  • ICC Eastern European Group
  • Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA) (including Vice-Chair of Capítulo Nórdico-Báltico)
  • ArbitralWomen
  • IDRA International Dispute Resolution Academy, Fellow Member
  • CIS Arbitration Network

 

Past:

  • DELOS GAP Regional Editor
  • ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) (2010-2012 – Chair of the European Chapter)
  • Les Tiers Conciliateurs (France)
  • Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) (2015-2018 – Member of the Executive Committee; 2008-2015 – Treasurer; co-founder)

Conference Organizing Committees:

ICCA Congress 2022
DIS Baltic Arbitration Days
(past) Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF)

Journal boards:

(past) ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin, Member of the Board of Editor
(past) International Commercial Arbitration Review (Вестник международного коммерческого арбитража) (Russia), Member of the Editorial Board
(past) Arbitration.ru – legal journal published by the Russian Arbitration Association (RAA), Member of the Editorial Board
(past) Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal (Ukraine), Member of the Editorial Board
(past) RGSL Research Papers (Latvia), Member of the Editorial Board