Partner
Alexey Yadykin
International dispute resolution ■ International commercial arbitration ■ Cross-border disputes ■ Investment arbitration ■ Corporate disputes ■ Commercial disputes
Alexey is a partner at White Square, Moscow office. He has over 20 years of experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution across various sectors of the economy, including energy, metallurgy and mining, transportation and logistics, banking, technology, and media.
Alexey has participated in a significant number of arbitration proceedings, including under the rules of ICSID, the SCC, the ICC, the LCIA, the VIAC, the SIAC, the ICAC (Russia), the Russian Arbitration Center at the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration, and the Arbitration Center at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, as well as in a number of international investigations.
Alexey is the author of many publications in Russia and abroad on arbitration.
Prior to joining White Square, Alexey worked at major international and Russian law firms.
Selected experience and clients
Alexey represented the interests of:
One of the largest Russian holding companies in investment arbitration proceedings against an EU state
Major Russian company in arbitration proceedings at the SCC regarding breach of obligations under an EPC contract
Major Russian holding company in arbitration proceedings at the SCC regarding breach of obligations under a long-term fuel supply contract to an EU country
Large Russian energy company in arbitration proceedings at the SIAC regarding a dispute over the payment for energy resources supplied for export
Major European holding company in a series of court proceedings in the Russian Federation in connection with the opposition to an attempt at a hostile takeover of the client's business valued at over 1 billion euros
PJSC "Inter RAO" and its subsidiaries in a combined investment and commercial arbitration proceedings at the SCC and ICSID against the government of Georgia regarding the violation of obligations related to electricity tariff setting, including protecting arbitral awards from being set aside, obtaining enforcement of awards in the courts of several countries, and successfully resolving the dispute
Russian energy company in arbitration proceedings under the Santiago International Commercial Arbitration Rules (CAM Santiago) regarding the construction of a major infrastructure project in Latin America and the supply of equipment, including successful representation in a dispute concerning the annulment of an award – the court upheld the tribunal's decision
Russian electronics manufacturer in arbitration proceedings at the SIAC against a Chinese component manufacturer in a dispute involving over US$100 million, as well as in the settlement of the dispute through a mutual agreement
Major developer in arbitration proceedings at the LCIA and parallel proceedings in foreign courts over a dispute related to the non-performance of obligations under a construction management and sales contract for a skyscraper in Moscow City, as well as in settling the dispute through a settlement agreement
Russian purchaser in arbitration proceedings at the SCC against a European gas turbine manufacturer
Major Russian holding company in arbitration proceedings at the LCIA arising from a shareholder dispute at a Russian mining company
Russian state company in a major commercial arbitration at the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) under the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry against a foreign subcontractor in a construction dispute related to the non-performance of a contract for the of an infrastructure project in a North African country
Client acting as a guarantor in arbitration proceedings at the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) under the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry regarding disputes between a bank and a debtor and guarantors
Russian state bank in two disputes at the RAC arising out of the execution of an M&A transaction
Client in commercial arbitration at the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) regarding the enforcement of a security interest
Client in commercial arbitration at the ICAC at the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry over a dispute worth more than US$100 million with a Turkish contractor related to the construction of a stadium in one of the CIS countries
Majority shareholder of a major Russian electronics retailer in a post-M&A dispute regarding the exercise of stock options
Majority shareholders of one of the largest Russian internet companies in a dispute with a minority shareholder, including pre-trial claim work and subsequent settlement of the dispute
Russian oil and gas company in pre-trial claim work and out-of-court settlement of a pricing dispute worth billions of dollars in the execution of a long-term contract with an Asian buyer of hydrocarbon raw materials
Market Recognition
Pravo-300, 2023-2025: Leading Lawyer in International Arbitration and International Litigation
Kommersant, 2023-2025: Leading Lawyer in International and Commercial Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Arbitration, and Sanctions Law
Russian Gazette Legal Ranking, 2023-2025: Leading Lawyer in Arbitration Proceedings and International Projects
Chambers Global, 2021: Recognized by individual ranking of lawyers in Dispute Resolution
Best Lawyers, 2021: Recognized by individual ranking of lawyers in Arbitration and Mediation
Education
Kutafin Moscow StateLaw University
Languages
Russian - Native
English - Fluent
