Dinara Ibragimova
Junior Associate
Dinara participates in international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution practice projects. Prior to joining KIAP, she worked in Russian law firms in dispute resolution practice.
She participated in the preparation of the Amicus Curiae brief submitted to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in a case on the constitutionality of Articles 248.1-248.2 of the APC RF in the context of neutral jurisdictions.
Achievements
- Participated in Twenty Ninth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
- Participated in VIII RAA Online Arbitration Competition.
- Participated in XI M.G. Rosenberg International commercial arbitration Moot, Best Claimant’s Memorandum award.
- Team coach at XII M.G. Rosenberg International commercial arbitration Moot, the team took 2nd place in the English section.
Projects
*Including experience prior to joining KIAP
- Representing a German bank from an Italian group of companies in a dispute related to bank guarantees for several hundred million euros.
- Participating in a successful defense of several ICC arbitration agreements in contracts between an Italian construction company and its counterparties, in spite of the current political environment and the applicants’ attempts to persuade the Russian court that the arbitration agreements should be found incapable of being performed referring to Arts. 248.1 and 248.2 of the APC (Lugovoy Law).
- Representing the largest Russian marketplace in disputes related to the protection of intellectual rights
- Representing a large online-store in a dispute over consumer recovery of damages for non-transfer of goods purchased at non-market prices in case of a technical error on the store's website
News and Publications
The Russian Constitutional Court in its ruling of 29 April 2025 No. 999-O refused to consider the constitutionality of Articles 248.1 and 248.2 of the Russian Arbitrazh Procedure Code (“APC RF”) (a.k.a. the Lugovoy Law, discussed previously here, here and here). These provisions allow the Russian courts to assert exclusive j...
Success cases
The client, a major international construction company, acted as the general contractor for a multipurpose center construction project in Moscow. A subcontractor initiated ICC arbitration proceedings against the client with the seat of arbitration in Sweden. Prior to this, the client and the subcontractor had entered into an agreement to reduce the contract price due to defects and delays in th...