Natalia Kovalkova
Junior Associate practicing international commercial arbitration. Assists with commercial litigation as part of international commercial arbitration, as well as with projects associated with litigation complicated by a foreign element. In 2021 received LL.M. degree at the University of Illinois, USA, through the Russia-United States Legal Education Foundation (RUSLEF) scholarship.
Completed summer course on international private law from the Hague Academy of International Law and the Winter Academy on International Arbitration organized by the Russian Institute of Modern Arbitration (RIMA).
Interned at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Center (HKIAC) and International and Comparative Law Research Center (ICLRC).
Russian Women in Arbitration Mentoring Programme mentee.
Winner of the 2021 LL.M. Client Counseling Competition at the University of Illinois (USA).
Winner and Honorable Mention Advocate of the 2019 Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot (FDI), Miami, USA.
Laureate of the 2019 Justice Award in the Future of the Law category.
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Preparation of legal memoranda analyzing Arts. 248.1 and 248.2 of the APC RF (Lugovoy Law), inter alia, for a leading international law firm in the field of international arbitration. The Client sought a memorandum as a part of international arbitrations with state-owned Russian gas giants.