Belarus as a friendly arbitration seat for EAEU, CIS, SCO, BRICS and other regional commercial disputes

Seminar / roundtable discussion on the current legislation and practice of international arbitration in Belarus, the impact of foreign sanctions and application of Belarusian anti-sanctions measures, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

In recent years, the business community's perception of what constitutes an ‘arbitration-friendly’ jurisdiction has changed dramatically. The users’ expectations towards modern arbitration institutions are also very different.

Is the Republic of Belarus an arbitration-friendly jurisdiction? What is the practice of application of Belarusian anti-sanction measures, as well as recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Belarus? Can the Chamber of Arbitrators or the International Arbitration Court at the BelCCI offer contending parties ‘value for money’ and become a worthy alternative to other dynamically developing arbitration institutions in the region? What changes to the arbitration legislation and the Arbitration Rules of the Chamber of Arbitrators can make Minsk even more convenient place to resolve regional commercial disputes between parties from the EAEU, CIS, SCO and BRICS?

Considering the growing number of such disputes in the practice of Belarusian arbitration institutions, the seminar participants will reflect on above questions and, most importantly, share their practical arbitration experience in Belarus as arbitrators and representatives of the parties.

Keynote speech:

Alexey Korochkin, Belarus

Chairman of the International Arbitration Court ‘Chamber of Arbitrators at the Union of Lawyers’, Head of Minsk Regional Specialized Legal Advice Office on Juridical Support to Business.

Moderator:

Alexey Anischenko, Belarus

Partner at Anischenko Laptev, member of the Presidium of the Chamber of Arbitrators, member of VIAC International Advisory Board

Panellists:

Yury Babichev, Russia

Partner at Alumni Partners

Roman Butenko, Russia

Ph.D, Advocate, Counsel at Melling, Voitishkin & Partners

Alexander Korobeinikov, Kazakhstan

Partner at Baker McKenzie, member of ICC Court

Oksana Kotel, Belarus

Partner at Goretsky & Partners, member of the Presidium of the Chamber of Arbitrators

Oleg Todua, UAE

Partner at White & Case

Partners of the event: Anischenko Laptev, Goretsky & Partners, Melling, Voitishkin & Partners