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Elizaveta Butenko

Elizaveta Butenko

Junior Associate

Elizaveta specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, cross-border and domestic litigation. She has represented clients in arbitration proceedings administered under the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, ICDR (AAA) Rules.

Projects

Expertise

Qualification

Representing a Russian atomic energy corporation in a number of parallel commercial disputes totaling several billion US dollars.

The dispute is related to the termination of a nuclear power plant construction project.

International Commercial Arbitration

Representing a major Russian contractor in a dispute in Vietnam arising out of contract in arbitration under the SIAC Rules.

Advising one of the world’s leading mineral fertilizer producers on the matters related to a dispute in international commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules arising out of the termination of the contract due to sanction.

Representing Russia’s largest shipbuilding company in arbitration under the SIAC Rules arising from a foreign supplier’s failure to fulfill its obligations.

Representing a European cruise company in an international commercial arbitration governed by the LMAA Rules.

The dispute arose out of an English law charterparty.
International Commercial Arbitration

Representing a Hong Kong company in an LCIA arbitration re a $50m dispute with a European company arising from a loan agreement related to a mining project.

Representing a leading manufacturer of carbon graphite products in an ICDR (AAA) arbitration.

Representing a client on its UK designation.

Her experience covers disputes in the Energy & Natural Resources, Construction and Transportation sectors.



Education

2024

LL.M. (with honors), University of Illinois College of Law

2023

Bachelor’s degree (with honors), National Research University Higher School of Economics

Admission to practice

2023 - Russia

Languages

Russian
English

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