Sergey Lysov to speak at an RAA webinar

On 19 January, KK&P Trial Lawyers Senior Associate Sergey Lysov will take part in a webinar entitled The Impact of Sanctions on Commercial Arbitration. The webinar will be held online and in English.

The other participants will be Roman Zykov (Mansors), Konstantin Kroll (Dentons) and Vladimir Melnikov (Linklaters).

One of the topics of discussion will be the consequences of the Supreme Court’s ruling in JSC “Uraltransmash” (a Russian company) vs Pesa (a Polish company) (Case No. A60-36897/2020), which established the position that Russian courts have exclusive jurisdiction in disputes involving Russian entities subject to sanctions (see case overview for details).

You can register for the online event at https://arbitration.ru/en/events/conference/webinar-the-impact-of-sanctions-on-commercial-arbitration/

The webinar is organised by the Russian Arbitration Association, the aims of which are: cooperation in the development of arbitration in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries; promotion of Russia as a venue for arbitration; promotion of Russian arbitrators at national and international levels; as well as promotion of foreign arbitrators interested in arbitral proceedings directly or indirectly related to Russia or other CIS countries.