Andrey Korelskiy
Attorney at law, Managing Partner, and Founder of KIAP. Has over 25 years of experience in representing clients in complex, high-stakes litigation. Primary areas of expertise include dispute resolution and corporate conflict management. Listed in the Unified Recommended Register of Arbitrators and serves on the Panel for Corporate Disputes at the Arbitration Center of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP). Co-founder of the Arbitration Association (RAA), and member of the RAA Board from 2016 to 2024. Also acts as a co-founder of the Insurants’ Club.
In 2024, Andrey Korelskiy was awarded the silver medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation “For Assistance” for providing during 2018-2024 pro bono legal assistance to the victims of the fire in Zimnaya Vishnya shopping mall in 2018 in Kemerovo.
A favourite in the major Russian and international legal rankings:
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As shown by the 2025 ranking of Kommersant, Andrey was personally distinguished as one of the best lawyers in Resolution of Corporate Disputes – Band 1; Resolution of Disputes in Courts of General Jurisdiction – Band 1; Insurance Law – Band 1; International Commercial Arbitration – Band 2;
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In 2024, Pravo-300 personally recommends Andrey in 5 areas: Arbitration (corporate disputes), Arbitration (major commercial disputes: high market), International arbitration, Dispute Resolution in Courts of General Jurisdiction, Insurance Law and in in 2023 Pravo-300 recommended Andrey as one of the best Russian lawyers in arbitration proceedings (mid market), dispute resolution in courts of general jurisdiction, international litigation, as well as family and inheritance law, whereas the practices he is taking charge of at KIAP, Attorneys at Law, in arbitration and corporate disputes hit band 1 of the ranking for 2023;
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In the Chambers Europe ranking, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, is on the list of top-notch law firms across Russia. Over the recent years, until the ranking pulled out of Russia, the litigation practice led by Andrey earned the highest appraisals and was in Band 1 of the best litigation lawyers in the mid-market. Moreover, Andrey comes highly recommended by the Chambers as an Eminent Practitioner in litigation.
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In the Best Lawyers 2022 ranking, KIAP, Attorneys at Law, were recognized the Law Firm of the Year in Russia in dispute resolution category. For 12 years in a row, the Best Lawyer recommended Andrey Korelskiy as a favourite in the Russian market of arbitration and mediation, dispute resolution, bankruptcy and insurance.
Andrey is the founder of the Legal Run charity project and Legal Chess project.
Speaker at the biggest international and Russian conferences and forums.
- Represented a major European banking group in a dispute over bank guarantees related to the construction of a large industrial facility in Russia, with a value exceeding €1.5 billion.
- Represented one of Russia’s largest insurance companies in a reinsurance litigation arising from an accident at the country’s largest hydroelectric power facility (total damages exceeding €200 million).
- Represented a European construction holding in a dispute with the client over a large residential development project in Moscow valued at over €500 million.
- Represented a major Irish pharmaceutical company in a dispute over non-payment for large-scale deliveries of medical devices to the Russian market (worth several hundred million rubles).
- Pre-trial settlement of a major construction dispute on behalf of the client — a leading Russian investment group — related to delays and quality claims against the general contractor during the construction of one of the largest industrial projects in the Russian Far East (total investment exceeding $3 billion).
- Pre-trial settlement of a dispute on behalf of a major Russian timber holding against a large foreign IT integrator over missed deadlines in software implementation (claims exceeding RUB 1 billion).
- Represented one of the largest retail chains in Russia in a series of investment protection disputes across several regions of the Russian Federation, with a total value exceeding RUB 5 billion.
- Represented the largest Irish banking group in a series of real estate-related disputes in Russia (total value over €200 million).
- Represented a major Russian insurance company in arbitration proceedings involving a claim for insurance compensation related to the collapse of the Transvaal Park Sports and Recreation Complex.
