Igor Gorchakov

Biography

Igor is a Partner in the International Litigation team in Dubai. He is a dual-qualified Russian and English lawyer, and his practice comprises both disputes and transactional (banking) mandates. He specialises in dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, and also advises on project finance, general lending, syndicated lending, securitisation, derivatives, and bank regulatory matters.

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Recent Experience

• Representing a major European bank as lender and facility agent in an ECA backed loan facility to a Qatari borrower
• Advising a major UAE bank on LIBOR remediation in the loan documentation
• Advising leading international players, including financial institutions, transportation, retail, energy and natural resources companies, on various issues connected with Russian law regulatory and sanctions advice
• Representing a CIS technology company in relation to an SCC arbitration with the developer and supplier of software products
• Representing a major international bank in parallel proceedings in LCIA arbitration and Russian court litigation against a defaulted Russian borrower
• Representing a major international bank in parallel proceedings in Russia, UK and France (ICC arbitration) in defending a claim for payment under the performance bond against a subsidiary of Gazprom
• Representing several international banks in Russian litigation against their counterparts in Russia (the disputes are of various nature, but all of them sanctions related)
• Representing a major international jewellery producer in an ICC arbitration against a Russian bank
• Representing a major UK drilling company in an ICAC arbitration against its former Russian subsidiary
• Representing lenders on a project finance facility to a major Russian and Armenian gold producer