Dr. Galina Zukova

International Arbitration   |   Dispute Resolution   |   International Contracts

2022:

  • 2022 June:
 11th Baltic Arbitration Days, First day moderator (Riga, Latvia)..
  • 2022 June:
 Speaker on “Overcoming Obstacles – What are legitimate responses when facing guerrilla tactics (both as counsel and as arbitrator)” at CEPANI-40 Fourth Global Conference of the Co-Chairs’ Circle Legitimacy in and of Arbitration (Brussels, Belgium).
  • 2022 May:
 Speaker on Hot topics in M&A arbitration at the conference Dispute Resolution in M&A Transaction (Warsaw, Poland).
  • 2022 May:
 Moderator and speaker at the Eastern Europe & CIS International Arbitration Conference, organized by ICC Georgia (Tbilisi, Georgia).
  • 2022 Feb.:
 Panelist at the Practicum organized by ICC Russia on Decision Making in International Arbitration: Identifying Key Factors that Influence Arbitrators (remote).

2021:

  • 2021 Dec:
 Panelist at the Conference Modern Trends and IA challenges, organized by the International Arbitration Court “The Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers” (Minsk, Belarus). Presentation on Ethics in International Arbitration (remote).
  • 2021 Aug.:
 Speaker at the YAF Event on Costs in Arbitration (Riga, Latvia).
  • 2021 Aug.:
 10th Baltic Arbitration Days, First day moderator (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2021 April:
 Speaker at the “Diplomado online de Arbitraje Internacional Comercial”, organized by La Cámara de Comercio de Medellín, Zuleta Abogados, Tirant lo Blanch y la Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) (in Spanish, remote).
  • 2021 March:
 Participant at the Roundtable “Topical Questions in the Field of Arbitration in Kazakhstan” (remote).
  • 2021 Jan.:
 Panellist at the ICC Africa Commission Webinar “Scrutiny of Awards under the ICC Rules of Arbitration” (remote).

2020:

  • 2020 Dec.:
 Guest speaker at the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR on Opaque arbitration institutions: Where competition ends and havoc begins (remote).
  • 2020 Nov.:
 ICC World Business Institute Colloquium “Alter Ego and Piercing the Corporate Veil”, co-moderator together with Bernard Hanotiau.
  • 2020 Nov.:
 DELOS Symposium, Co-Modertor of the Roundatble “CEE: state of play of disputes market and trends”
  • 2020 Nov.:
 Speaker at the online New Arbitration Week, panel “The Clash: Contract Terms vs. Applicable Law”
  • 2020 Oct.:
 Speaker at the online conference “Efimov’s Readings III: Russia – 2020: Lessons from the Crisis and new Challenges” (III Ефимовские Чтения «Россия —2020: Уроки кризиса и новые вызовы»), organized by the Russian Foreign Trade Academy
  • 2020 Oct.:
 Speaker at the CEA Nordic-Baltic Chapter Webinar on Code on Best Practices in Arbitration of the Spanish Arbitration Club
  • 2020 Oct.:
 Speaker at the Webinar on Execution of Arbitral Awards against States and State Entities: UK, USA, France (on execution in France), organized by the Ukrainian Arbitration Association
  • 2020 August:
 Opened the (on-line and on-site) Baltic Arbitration Days
  • 2020 June:
 Speaker at the Bishek Arbitration Days on efficiency of arbitration proceedings (virtual conference during the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • 2020 Feb.:
 Speaker at the panel RAA-CEA Conference: Arbitration and Corruption (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2020 Jan.:
 Speaker on Arbitration Agreements at the Warsaw Arbitration Workshops (WAW), organized by ICC Poland (Warsaw, Poland)

2019:

  • 2019 Dec.:
 Speaker at the panel ICC International Court of Arbitration: basic mechanics and latest developments at the 11th annual conference Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2019 Nov.:
 Speaker at the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) seminar Experts Versus Expertise. The added value of experts over in-house expertise, hosted by De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek (Amsterdam, the Netherlands)
  • 2019 Oct.:
 3rd Annual GAR Live Vienna, speaker at the session “The GAR Live Inquisition – are international arbitration counsel at home in big law firms and arbitrators in boutiques?” (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2019 Oct.:
 Speaker on Is an arbitrator the key figure in international arbitration? Role of an arbitrator in ensuring effective arbitral proceedings; responsibility of the arbitrator at the VI International Arbitration Readings in memory of Academician Igor Pobirchenko (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2019 July:
 The Arbitrators Studio – Next Generation by Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners, Delos-Y and August Debouzy, invited guest (Paris)
  • 2019 July:
 CEA Mujeres: “Giurisdizione ed esecuzione: questo è il problema! / Jurisdicción y ejecución: este es el problema! L’importanza della scelta della giurisdizione, in particolare la Sede dell’Arbitrato / La importancia de la sede de la Jurisdicción, en particular, la Sede Arbitral”, speaker at the panel “Elección de la sede y colaboración entre tribunal arbitral y jurisdicción civil. analizando cuestiones prejudiciales y medidas cautelares” (Rome, UNIDROIT)
  • 2019 Mar., June, Sept., Dec.:
 ICC International Arbitration Academy for Asia, moderator (two-years advanced programme) (Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul)
  • 2019 June:
 XIV Congreso Internacional del Club Español del Arbitraje “Reforzando La Credibilidad del Arbitraje: El Código de Buenas Prácticas del CEA”, moderator of the panel “¿Cómo nos va a afectar el nuevo CBBPP a abogados y árbitros?”
  • 2018 June:
 8th Baltic Arbitration Days, panel moderator (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2019 June:
 Practicing Law Institute (PLI) International Arbitration 2019 programme, speaker (New York, USA)
  • 2019 May:
 Keynote Speaker at the Young ICCA Skills Training Workshop on how to draft arbitration clauses and how to start a career in international arbitration (Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic)
  • 2019 May:
 Arbitration of Corporate/Post M&A Disputes, seminar, organized by ArbitralWomen, speaker (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2019 May:
 VII Arbitration School, organized by the Ukrainian Arbitration Association, speaker (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2019 April:
 Speaker at the training for the Russian-speaking lawyers “Successful cooperation with France: From Theory to Practice”, organized by the European Center for Legal Cooperation, speaker on Enforcement of Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh arbitral awards in France (in Russian) (Paris, Maison du Barreau de Paris)
  • 2019 Mar.:
 The Future of International Arbitration, conference organized by KNect365 Law, Speaker at the panel “Technology & Arbitration – In Danger of Being Too Comfortable Bedfellows?” (London)
  • 2019 Mar.:
 ArbitralWomen An ADR Meet-up Event, organized by Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners (Tokyo, Japan)

2018:

  • 2018 Nov.:
 ICC tools for efficient resolution of construction disputes: Arbitration & ADR, Conference, speaker (Bratislava, the Slovak Republic)
  • 2018 June, Sept.:
 ICC International Arbitration Academy for Asia, moderator (two-years advanced programme) (Hong Kong, Mumbai)
  • 2018 June:
 7th Baltic Arbitration Days, panel moderator (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2018 May:     
 Helsinki Arbitration Day, speaker at the panel “Public-Private Arbitration – How to strike the right balance between public interests and private proceedings” (Helsinki, Finland)

2017:

  • 2017 June:
 6th Baltic Arbitration Days, panel moderator (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2017 June:
 Russian Arbitration Association & Pericles Law Center, Certificate Training Program in International Commercial Arbitration, faculty member, speaker (Moscow)
  • 2017 June:
 Revised ICC Arbitration Rules: Fast-Track Procedure for Small Claims, Workshop, speaker (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2017 April:   
 Launch of ICC Revised Rules of Arbitration, organized by ICC and Vavrovsky.Heine.Marth.Rechtsanwälte, speaker (Vienna, Austria)

2016:

  • 2016 Nov.:
 V ICC Lex Mercatoria Moot, member of the Organizing Committee (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2016 Sep.:
 YIAG & ICDR Y&I Seminar, speaker on Emergency Arbitrator proceedings (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2016 Sep.:
 Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum, speaker on Principle of Procedural Economy in International Arbitration, and member of the Organizing Committee (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2016 July:  
 The 6th edition of the ICC/CLB Summer Course on International Commercial Arbitration, lecturer (ICC Court, Paris)
  • 2016 June:
 5th Baltic Arbitration Days, panel moderator (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2016 May:
 Speaker at the IV Advanced Arbitration Academy, organized by the Ukrainian Arbitration Association (Kiev, Ukraine)

2015:

  • 2015 Dec.:
 Speaker on Red Flags in Corruption at the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) seminar Tackling issues and allegations of corruption by arbitral tribunals (Moscow, Russia).
  • 2015 Dec.:
 Speaker on State registration of courts of arbitration: international experience at the conference Russia as a Place for Dispute Resolution, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia).
  • 2015 Dec.:
 Speaker at “Wake up (with) Arbitration!” roundtable on Ordonnance/sentence: la rapidité au détriment de l’efficacité (Paris).
  • 2015 Nov.:
 Speaker on Public Policy in France at the V Kiev Arbitration Days: Think Big! (Kiev, Ukraine).
  • 2015 Oct.:
 Presentations on La Sede y sus implicaciones and Temas complejos sobre tribunal arbitral at the III Diplomado “Dimensión Judicial del Arbitraje” (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
  • 2015 Oct.:
 Moderator of the panel “Procedimenti arbitrali accelerati/Procedimientos arbitrales acelerados” of the conference organised by the Capítulo Italiano of the Club Español del Arbitraje (Rome, Italy)
  • 2015 Oct.:
 Presentation on Trust in Arbitration as a Dispute Resolution Method at the seminar organised by Young Arbitration Club Finland (YACF) (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2015 June:
 4th DIS Baltic Arbitration Days, Riga Graduate School of Law, moderator of Day I. Organisers: BNT Attorneys-at-Law and DIS (German Institution of Arbitration).
  • 2015 April:
 Presentation on ¿Cuánta motivación es suficiente motivación? at the 1er Foro Internacionl de Arbitraje de Santo Domingo “El Laudo Arbitral: Una Visión Integral” (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
  • 2015 Mar.:
 Presentation on To Be or Not to be for ISDS in TTIP ? View from Latvia at the BIICL Investment Treaty Forum event, co-organised with LAWIN (Vilnius, Lithuania)
  • 2015 Feb.:
 Presentation on Enforcement of Interim Measures at the 9th Riga Vis pre-moot conference (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2015 Feb.:
 Presentation on Joinder in International Commercial Arbitration at the 4th Tbilisi Pre-Moot Conference (Tbilisi, Georgia)

2014:

  • 2014 Dec.:
 Presentation on Determining the Content of Applicable Substantive Law at YAF seminar (Zagreb, Croatia)
  • 2014 Oct.:
 Presentation on The Relationship Between the Place of Arbitration and the Place of Enforcement, ICC Georgia International Arbitration Conference (Tbilisi, Georgia)
  • 2014 Aug.:
 Presentation on The Practice of Arbitration and ADR in CEE Countries, AIJA Pre-Congress seminar The Future of Arbitration and ADR Practice in Central and Eastern European Countries (Prague, Czech Republic)

2013:

  • 2013 Nov.:
 Speaker on Arbitration with States and States Entities at the II Legal Forum ICC Lex Mercatoria (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2013 Nov.:
 Speaker on The Sources of Arbitrators’ Powers to Adjudicate at the Kiev Arbitration Days: Think Big! (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2013 Nov.:
 Speaker at the ICDR Young & International event Building a Career in International Arbitration (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2013 Nov.:
 Presentation on 2013 IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration at the conference organised by the ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI (Kiev, Ukraine).
  • 2013 Oct.:
 Organisation and presentation at the advocacy seminar The Art of Arbitration Advocacy, jointly organised by White & Case and ICC Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • 2013 June.:
 Presentation on Corporate Dispute in Central and Eastern Europe at the Baltic Arbitration Days, Riga Graduate School of Law. Organisers: BNT Attorneys-at-Law and DIS (German Institution of Arbitration)
  • 2013 Mar.:
 Presentation on Legal Consequences of Corruption at the panel discussion “Illegality in International Investment”, held at the Frankfurt University. The event was organised by Queen Mary School of International Arbitration, the Working Group on Investment Protection Law of the German Branch of the International Law Association and the organizers of the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot (Frankfurt, Germany)
  • 2013 Mar.:
 Presentation on Public Policy in France at the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) seminar on “Public Policy: Recent Developments from Regional Perspective”, hosted by Motieka & Audzevicius (Vilnius, Lithuania)

2012:

  • 2012 Nov.:
 Presentation on ICC International Court of Arbitration and ICC Rules of Arbitration at the 7th conference State Courts and business development in the Republic of Belarus (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2012 Oct.:
 Presentation on Case Management at the ICC advanced training on the 2012 ICC Rules of (Paris, France)
  • 2012 Oct.:
 Speaker at the PIDA seminar Study of a complex mock case under the 2012 ICC Arbitration Rules, organised by ICC Austria (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2012 May.:
 Presentation on Unification of the Procedure in International Arbitration: Update on the Arbitration Rules and the Objectives Achieved at the conference International Commercial Arbitration in Ukraine and the World: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (20th anniversary of the ICAC at the Ukrainian CCI)
  • 2012 Apr.:
 Speaker at the panel International Arbitration: Art or Science? at the 2012 CIArb European Branch Annual General Meeting and Conference (in association with Club Español del Arbitraje (Madrid, Spain, Latvia)
  • 2012 Mar.:
 Presentation on Functions and Duties of Arbitration Institutions and Arbitral Tribunals at the conference New Broom Sweeps Clean: Time to Reform Latvian Arbitration Regime? At the Riga Graduate School of Law (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2012 Mar.:
 Presentation on New ICC Rules of Arbitration at the conference International Arbitration 2012, organised by the Practicing Law Institute (New York, USA)
  • 2012 Feb.:
 Presentation on Independence and Impartiality Challenges, Approach of the ICC Court at the conference Contemporary Issues in Commercial Arbitration: International and Georgian Perspectives (Tbilisi, Georgia)
  • 2012 Feb.:
 Speaker on Multi-Party, Multi-Contract Arbitration, Joinder and Consolidation at the conference, organised by ICC Russia, about New ICC Rules of Arbitration. Speaker at the Mock-case study pursuant to 2102 ICC Rules (Moscow, Russia)

2011:

  • As of 2011 Dec.:
 Co-organisor and speaker at the Advanced Arbitration Academy, organised by ICC Russia, ICC Court and CIArb (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2011 Dec.:
 Presentation on ICC Arbitration in IP matters at the Third International Forum On Intellectual Property “EXPOPRIORITY’ 2011” (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2015 Nov.:
 Presentation on New ICC Rules of Arbitration at the seminar, organised by ICC Ukraine. Speaker on The Institutional Role in Costs Control at the conference Kiev Arbitration Days: Think Big!, organised by the Ukrainian Bar Association (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2011 Nov.:
 Speaker on New ICC Rules of Arbitration at the conference Party Autonomy versus Autonomy of Arbitrators, organised by ICC Czech Republic (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • 2011 Nov.:
 Speaker at the Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration (PIDA): Study of a Mock Case under the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration, organised by ICC Austria (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2011 Nov.:
 Key-Note Speaker on ICC Arbitration Involving CIS Parties at the CIS Arbitration Network Launch Dinner (Paris, France)
  • 2011 Oct.:
 Presentation: Overview of ICC Arbitrations Involving Parties from Central and Eastern Europe, European Arbitration Group (Budapest, Hungary)
  • 2011 Oct.:
 Speaker on New ICC Rules of Arbitration at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (London, UK)
  • 2011 Oct.:
 Speaker on New ICC Rules of Arbitration at The World Jurist Association’s 24th Biennial Congress (Prague, Czech Republic)
  • 2015 Sept.:
 Speaker on Independence of Arbitrators, ICC Arbitration Conference, organised by ICC Hellas (Athens, Greece)
  • 2011 Sept.:
 Presentation: Is There A Need for Special Arbitration Rules for Construction Disputes? at the 3rd AIJA Arbitration Conference (Warsaw, Poland)
  • 2011 April:
 Speaker on Scrutiny under Article 27 of the ICC Rules of Arbitration at the III Belgrade Arbitration Conference (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2011 March:
 Presentation: Obstructive Behaviour in International Arbitration at the conference Conducting Arbitration Proceedings – Art or Science? (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2011 June:
 Speaker on ICC Arbitration Involving States and States Entities at the Eurolawyer CIS Forum (London, UK)
  • 2011 March:
 Speaker on Non-Signatories to the Arbitration Agreement – Is the Gateway Widening? at the ICC Conference on International Commercial Arbitration and the Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration, organised by ICC Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus)

2010:

  • 2010 Dec.:
 Speaker on ICC Case-Law Digest on Applicable Law at the conference International Arbitration and State Courts: Balance of Interests, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2010 Nov.:
 Speaker on Review of the Types of Cases Administered by the ICC ICA in the Region at the conference International Commercial Arbitration in Slovenia. How to settle your disputes efficiently (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
  • 2010 Nov.:
 Presentation on ICC Arbitration at Lombardi Molinari e Associati (Milan, Italy)
  • 2010 July:
 Speaker on ICC Arbitrations Involving States and State Entities, at the 2nd Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (Barcelona, Spain)
  • 2010 June:
 Speaker on Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitration under ICC Rules at the conference Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitrations, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2010 June:
 Speaker at the ICC Workshop on International Commercial Arbitration (PIDA): Study of a Mock Case under the ICC Rules of Arbitration, organised by ICC Bulgaria (Sofia, Bulgaria)
  • 2010 May:
 Speaker on Features of ICC Arbitration at the conference ICC International Arbitration: Opportunities for Ukrainian Business, organised by ICC Ukraine (Kiev, Ukraine)
  • 2010 April:
 Speaker on ICC Court: Emerging Claims at the conference The Incoterms and International Commercial Contracts: New Trends 2010, The ICC International Court of Arbitration: Types of Claims Emerging, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2010 Mar.:
 Speaker on Types of Claims Emerging in Central Eastern Europe at the conference The Importance of International Arbitration in Central Eastern Europe (Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

2009:

  • 2009 Nov.:
 Speaker on ICC International Arbitration at the conference Current Issues of Legal Regulation of External Economic (International Trading) Transactions (Minsk, Belarus)
  • 2009 Sept.:
 Speaker on Resolving Construction and other Complex Disputes under the ICC Rules at the ICC and ICC Russia Master-Class Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2009 June.:
 Presentation: Features of ICC Arbitration at the seminar Difficult times Lead to Many More Disputes!, organised by ICC Austria (Vienna, Austria)
  • 2009 June:
 Presentation of the ICC Court at the conference Topicalities of Regulations: International Expertise and the Russian Practice, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)
  • 2009 April:
 Speaker on Characteristics of ICC Arbitrations in Eastern Europe at the conference Arbitrating With Parties from Russia and Ukraine, organised by ICC United Kingdom together with SJ Berwin (London, UK)
  • 2009 April:
 Speaker on Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe (Minsk, Belarus)

2008:

  • 2008 April.:
 Speaker on Independence of Arbitrators under the ICC Rules at the conference ICC International Arbitration in Russia, organised by ICC Russia (Moscow, Russia)

2007:

  • 2007 Sept.:
 Speaker on Problems in Latvian Arbitration Regulation at the conference on Civil Law Issues, organised by the Latvian Ministry of Justice (Riga, Latvia)
  • 2007 Sept.:
 Organiser and speaker at the conference Arbitration in the Baltic States: Contemporary Issues, Riga Graduate School of Law (Riga, Latvia)