2026 CIS Arbitration Workshop: Treaties, Sanctions, Compliance & Enforcement

Opening

Introductory Remarks

Professor Yarik Kryvoi, British Institute of International and Comparative Law and Keidan Harrison, London

Keynote 1

Opening Keynote

Sir Rupert Jackson, 4 New Square and Astana International Financial Centre Court, London and Astana

The respective roles of international commercial courts and arbitration.

Panel 1

Sanctions, Countermeasures and Compliance

Chair: Professor Yarik Kryvoi

• Noah Rubins KC
  Partner, Freshfields, Paris
  A Delicate Roar: European Counter-Counter-Sanctions (Articles 11a and 11b) and Their Future Role in Disputes with Russian Business
• Laurence Ridgway
  Associate, Baker Botts (UK) LLP, London
  No Liability = No Justice? The Gradual Tightening of the “No Liability” Provision in UK Sanctions Disputes
• Maksim Salahub
  Senior Counsel, Sorainen, Vilnius
  Legislative and Policy Measures Adopted by the Republic of Belarus Which Affect International Arbitration Proceedings

Panel 2

Parallel Proceedings, Anti-Suit Injunctions and Jurisdictional Competition

Chair: Noah Rubins KC

• Ekaterina Kuteynikova
  Senior Associate, Resolut, Moscow
  Anti-Suit Injunctions: A Remarkable Transformation from a Procedural Instrument into a Central Element of International Litigation Strategy
• Konstantin Kroll
  Dentons, London
  Russian State Court Judgments Are Not Enforceable Abroad – A Practical Reality or a Deceptive Myth?
• Anatoly Matveev
  Gherson LLP, London
  From the Lugovoy Law to Article 11ca: The Emerging Clash of Russian and EU Responses to Sanctions-Related Arbitration

Keynote 2

The New Geography of CIS-Related Disputes: New Seats, New Institutions, New Realities

Rahul Donde, Geneva and Mumbai

Panel 3

Commercial and Investment Arbitration in the CIS Region

Chair: Anatoly Matveev

• Elijah Putilin
  Putilin Dispute Management, Tashkent
  ISDS Reform: Quo Vadis Central Asia?
• Dr Dmitry Davydenko
  Of Counsel, Lexicom Law Bureau, Moscow
  Amicable dispute settlement: how sanctions and countermeasures affect it
• Dr Sargis Grigoryan
  Grigoryan Disputes, Washington DC & Yerevan
  Investment Claims Against CIS States: Navigating the Intra-CIS Treaty Landscape, Including Claims Under the EAEU Framework

Panel 4

Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards

Chair: Laurence Ridgway

• Valikhan Shaikenov
  ADL Disputes, Almaty
  The Lugovoy Law and the Fragmentation of Cross-Border Enforcement in Post-Soviet Disputes
• Dr Wing So
  Resolution Chambers, Hong Kong
  Enforcement of Lugovoy Judgments in Greater China: A Principled Analysis

Closing Roundtable

Five Predictions for the Next Five Years

Closing

Closing Remarks

Professor Yarik Kryvoi