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Evgeniya is a leading international arbitration practitioner with over 15 years of experience. She serves as lead counsel and advocate in high-stakes arbitrations under ICSID, LCIA, ICC, and SCC rules, representing a diverse client base of private investors and sovereign states in commercial and treaty-based disputes. Her cross-sector expertise spans metals and mining, oil and gas, banking, manufacturing, and consumer goods. Additionally, she is a sought-after arbitrator, having sat in ICC, LCIA, and ad hoc proceedings.

A solicitor-advocate in England & Wales, Evgeniya is also admitted to practise in New York and Russia. She joined Enyo Law after ten years at a Magic Circle firm in Paris and London. Her foundational experience includes roles within the World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague. She studied law at the University of Oxford, Harvard University and Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

Evgeniya is consistently recognized as a top-tier practitioner by leading legal directories, including Lexology (Who’s Who Legal), Chambers, and The Legal 500. Peers and clients frequently cite her “exceptional legal acumen” and “strategic thinking,” describing her as a “legal mastermind” with an “unparalleled knowledge of ISDS practice and procedures.”

Evgeniya is fluent in English, Russian, and French, with working proficiency in Spanish.

Representative cases:

• Successfully defended a USD 1.14 billion ICC claim for fraudulent misrepresentation against Petronas; client awarded USD 15 million in costs (English law, Rio de Janeiro seat).
• Successfully represented a Russian company in an LCIA arbitration against a Canadian bank in a dispute arising out of a bank guarantee. The respondent claimed that it was prevented from paying out under the bank guarantee by sanctions against Russia. Client prevailed and was awarded full costs.
• Successfully represented a Russian banker in a London-seated ICC arbitration arising from a dispute with another Russian individual concerning the acquisition of a shareholding in an eastern European bank, as well as in related English court proceedings.
• Successfully represented a US energy company in a post-acquisition London-seated LCIA arbitration with an Asian party.
• Successfully represented a consortium of regional and international energy companies in a multibillion LCIA arbitration against a regional government in the Middle East in relation to the ownership and commercial operation of two petroleum fields. The arbitration resulted in a successful settlement for the client.
• Represented a Ukrainian businessman in a high-value LCIA arbitration with another Ukrainian businessman arising out of a joint venture in the metals sector.

• Represented Ascent Resources in a high-value ECT-based ICSID arbitration against Slovenia regarding a ban on fracking.
• Represented IMC Invest in its ICSID arbitration against Kyrgyzstan in relation to a ban on uranium mining.
• Successfully represented the Republic of Kazakhstan in a multibillion UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitration under the Kyrgyzstan -Kazakhstan BIT. The claim against the client was dismissed on procedural grounds, and the client was awarded full costs.
• Represented the government of Romania in the landmark Micula v Romania ICSID arbitration concerning Romania’s repeal of customs duty exemptions in order to join the European Union.
• Successfully represented Swisslion in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Macedonia concerning the privatisation of a food production company.

• Sole Arbitrator: ICC arbitration between Indian and French entities (CISG, London).
• Co-Arbitrator: Three-member LCIA tribunal in a claim regarding debt recovery (English law, London).
• Co-Arbitrator: UNCITRAL/PCA arbitration involving Swiss and Moroccan parties in the energy sector (English law, Paris).
• Co-Arbitrator: three-member ad hoc tribunal in an arbitration in the fintech sector administered by the LCIA (English law, London seat).

• Russia: Overview of Investment Treaty Programme, GAR Know-How: Investment Treaty Arbitration
• Russian Sanctions Law Bares Its Teeth: The Russian Supreme Court Allows Sanctioned Russian Parties To Walk Away From Arbitration Agreements, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, January 2022
• The Choice of the Seat in Investment Arbitration, The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, September 2021
• All Bark and No Bite? The Russian Supreme Court’s Refusal to Grant an Anti-Arbitration Injunction to a Sanctioned Company, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, July 2021
• Sanctions and International Arbitration, Practical Law Company Practice Note, July 2021 2025
• The LCIA Publishes its 2020 Rules: A Light-Touch Update to Meet Modern Needs, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, August 2020