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
- Represented a European bank in the international series of disputes against a subsidiary of a Russian gas giant related to recovery under bank guarantees, in a team with a leading international law firm. The dispute concerned application of Lugovoy Law (anti-suit injunctions with a fine for violation and exclusive competence of Russian courts) and anti-anti-suit injunctions adopted by English courts, reaching the UK Supreme Court for a precedential judgment. In Russia, the dispute led by KIAP was the only in the whole series of disputes where the fine under Lugovoy Law was lowered by half of the requested amount.
- Represented an Italian general contractor in ICC arbitration in a dispute with a Russian subcontractor related to the construction of a large multipurpose center in Moscow. As a result, the arbitrators confirmed the validity of the agreement, the falsification of which was referred to by the subcontractor, and rejected almost all of its claims, agreeing with the arguments of KIAP lawyers. Also, KIAP lawyers were able to achieve the application of a moratorium on interest accrual in 2022 due to the Client's long-term activities in Russia.
- Represented an Italian construction company in a series of litigations and arbitration disputes related to the construction of a large multipurpose center in Moscow. The main arbitration with the Russian customer was conducted in the ICC arbitration. At the same time, after February 2022, many Russian subcontractors initiated either arbitrations under the ICC Rules or proceedings in Russian courts under the so-called Lugovoy Law (anti-suit injunctions with a fine for violation and exclusive competence of Russian courts) against the Client. In a number of disputes, the KIAP team managed to get the claims dismissed, while in other disputes, the claims of the subcontractors were rejected. The disputes involved various aspects of construction contracting, and the law of several jurisdictions was applied.
- 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 authors have studied the tendencies of the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in Russia for the period 2019–2025 and compared the statistics in relation to both. All in all, the research covered 775 cases.
The authors categorized the data according to several criteria – from the outcomes of case reviews across various court instances to ...
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...